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A review by alibookedup
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
dark
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Let me just preface that I went into this book totally blind - I have not thought about Paris Hilton since probably the 2000s when I was in middle school. This was a book picked for my book club and I went into it not being excited at all. I have nothing against Paris Hilton - she just was never a celebrity I kept up with.
I absolutely enjoyed this memoir. It's honestly a 4.5 star read for me and no one was more surprised about that than me. Everything she went through with Provo Canyon School, CEDU, and all the other schools is INSANE. No one can say she is not a strong person for coming out of those schools and becoming the success she is today. Seriously, the amount of times she kept running and fighting back is astounding and inspiring. Behind her baby voice and facade she puts on, she is an intelligent business woman and I commend her for everything she's worked for in spite of the trauma that she went through. Not everyone might see her as such, but I came out of this book with new respect for her.
I know some people didn't like the way her book was written, but I actually enjoyed that aspect of it because it seems very much like her - the bouncing around to different topics, the name brand, the name dropping, all of it - so I didn't really count that against her.
I absolutely enjoyed this memoir. It's honestly a 4.5 star read for me and no one was more surprised about that than me. Everything she went through with Provo Canyon School, CEDU, and all the other schools is INSANE. No one can say she is not a strong person for coming out of those schools and becoming the success she is today. Seriously, the amount of times she kept running and fighting back is astounding and inspiring. Behind her baby voice and facade she puts on, she is an intelligent business woman and I commend her for everything she's worked for in spite of the trauma that she went through. Not everyone might see her as such, but I came out of this book with new respect for her.
I know some people didn't like the way her book was written, but I actually enjoyed that aspect of it because it seems very much like her - the bouncing around to different topics, the name brand, the name dropping, all of it - so I didn't really count that against her.