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A review by ekloretto
All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir by Maryanne Vollers, Ashley Judd
3.0
From seeing some of Ashley's press for this book I knew that it wasn't going to be a detailed account of her time making movies I love. No glamorous recounting of the "Hollywood" life. That is not the life that she leads.
It is her travel diaries interspersed with her personal stories. She is honest! You can just tell that she is not holding back, whether its the deplorable stories of women and children that she meets along the way or her own childhood. She even opens up as much as is allowable about her 42 days in recovery. She definitely relates to the stories she has heard and she helps the reader find ways to relate as well; to understand what is really going on out there in the undeveloped countries of our world.
As good as this the message of this book is, it definitely has some slow/low points. The writing style can be verbose and especially when traveling it can become repetitive. It just feels long. I unfortunately found myself counting down the pages and excited when I finished.
It is her travel diaries interspersed with her personal stories. She is honest! You can just tell that she is not holding back, whether its the deplorable stories of women and children that she meets along the way or her own childhood. She even opens up as much as is allowable about her 42 days in recovery. She definitely relates to the stories she has heard and she helps the reader find ways to relate as well; to understand what is really going on out there in the undeveloped countries of our world.
As good as this the message of this book is, it definitely has some slow/low points. The writing style can be verbose and especially when traveling it can become repetitive. It just feels long. I unfortunately found myself counting down the pages and excited when I finished.