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A review by trywii
Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.5
Disclaimer- You might only like this book if you’re a huge fan of the author, all others might be a little confused or turned off.
To start, I am aware of the author and some of her videos that have migrated to youtube, but aside from the conservative circus that explodes a few years ago I didn’t know all that much about the author. After listening to the audiobook of this memoir…I feel like I could go without knowing a lot of these personal details.
It’s not a bad book per se, but it did feel very out of touch. Maybe I’m too butch and homely, but hearing about glamorous trips followed by depression spirals followed by more glamorous trips wasn’t exciting for me. I can’t relate to spending God knows how much money to participate in an indigenous spiritual ceremony only to ditch it near the end to go do more glamorous stuff, or getting a bunch of free products just because, or living the high-but-not-the-highest life in general. Her naivety can come across as cute in some ways, while at other points it’s frustrating.
This isn’t my review to say “Wow it turns out the author is an evil person who really DID deserve all that scorn for drinking some beer!”, but instead my review to say “Maybe some theatre kids do better on the stage then on social media.”
I agree with another reviewer who says this books feels premature- A decade from now, the author would no doubt look back at her current era and have a lot to say as apposed to only being into her celebrity status for a few years. I do hope she writes another book in the far future after a long career in theatre.
To start, I am aware of the author and some of her videos that have migrated to youtube, but aside from the conservative circus that explodes a few years ago I didn’t know all that much about the author. After listening to the audiobook of this memoir…I feel like I could go without knowing a lot of these personal details.
It’s not a bad book per se, but it did feel very out of touch. Maybe I’m too butch and homely, but hearing about glamorous trips followed by depression spirals followed by more glamorous trips wasn’t exciting for me. I can’t relate to spending God knows how much money to participate in an indigenous spiritual ceremony only to ditch it near the end to go do more glamorous stuff, or getting a bunch of free products just because, or living the high-but-not-the-highest life in general. Her naivety can come across as cute in some ways, while at other points it’s frustrating.
This isn’t my review to say “Wow it turns out the author is an evil person who really DID deserve all that scorn for drinking some beer!”, but instead my review to say “Maybe some theatre kids do better on the stage then on social media.”
I agree with another reviewer who says this books feels premature- A decade from now, the author would no doubt look back at her current era and have a lot to say as apposed to only being into her celebrity status for a few years. I do hope she writes another book in the far future after a long career in theatre.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry