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After learning a bit more about Danielle's track record with honesty, I doubt the veracity of a lot of this book. Danielle steals from small businesses and content creators, then lies about it and gaslights her followers. This book also has a suspicious dagger (†) from the New York Times.
Original review: 3 stars
After following Danielle on Instagram for ages, I was super excited for this to come out—it’s the only book I’ve ever pre-ordered in my life and I read it in a day and a half. It reads like Gossip Girl, the good and the bad. She lives a glamorous life most of us could only dream of, but she comes across self-centered and every other sentence is a brag. I was already inspired by her work speaking for itself; I didn’t expect to buy her book just to hear her tell me what a sexy go-getter she is over and over. That said, the OTHER half of the book was a salacious roller coaster. It’s very entertaining and her flippancy about some of the crazy stories made them even more humorous. My favorite parts of the book were learning about her design process with the overalls and swimwear.
Unfortunately, much of the book is dedicated to vapid materialism and body shaming herself, which makes me feel less good about following her now. She wants it to be relatable how she started from nothing and worked her butt off for everything, but that’s ingenuine when your companies were funded by “friends and family” and your dad gets you your first big internship. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, and I’m sure she DID work her “pilates-toned ass” off, but I don’t feel super inspired by that journey.
After learning a bit more about Danielle's track record with honesty, I doubt the veracity of a lot of this book. Danielle steals from small businesses and content creators, then lies about it and gaslights her followers. This book also has a suspicious dagger (†) from the New York Times.
Original review: 3 stars
After following Danielle on Instagram for ages, I was super excited for this to come out—it’s the only book I’ve ever pre-ordered in my life and I read it in a day and a half. It reads like Gossip Girl, the good and the bad. She lives a glamorous life most of us could only dream of, but she comes across self-centered and every other sentence is a brag. I was already inspired by her work speaking for itself; I didn’t expect to buy her book just to hear her tell me what a sexy go-getter she is over and over. That said, the OTHER half of the book was a salacious roller coaster. It’s very entertaining and her flippancy about some of the crazy stories made them even more humorous. My favorite parts of the book were learning about her design process with the overalls and swimwear.
Unfortunately, much of the book is dedicated to vapid materialism and body shaming herself, which makes me feel less good about following her now. She wants it to be relatable how she started from nothing and worked her butt off for everything, but that’s ingenuine when your companies were funded by “friends and family” and your dad gets you your first big internship. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, and I’m sure she DID work her “pilates-toned ass” off, but I don’t feel super inspired by that journey.