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The Half of It
by Madison Beer
reflective
fast-paced
i will start this review saying i am a fan of madisons beers music. i have listened to her since 2017 and i’ve even saw her live a few years ago, though i wouldn’t say i’m a fan of her in the way i’m following her moves and i watch her interviews. all i’ve known about her so far is that she was found on youtube by justin bieber, she’s had social media famous boyfriends and she’s stunningly beautiful to the point people hate her for it. so i went into reading this book knowing a lot more than nothing but without a fan perspective.
this book is a short and easy read though by 60% i was struggling to finish the book. the topics were repetitive, the same paragraphs about internet bullies, her feeling suicidal and about how people shouldn’t be bullies. this would have worked for two or three chapters but that’s all it was.
i appreciate her being so aware about the fact she’s saying this all from a very privileged life. she started the book that way as if to stop the tweets already firming saying this book is privileged lol
in one line this books subtitle could be humanising celebrities. celebrities have feelings too and you don’t know everything they go through. fair enough.
though it would have been fun if the book went more into dialogue and stories, even happier stories. maybe about her first love, a time she loved with her family, a time with her friends. it was focused so much on her job, that i wanted to know more, what else. maybe that’s me wanting to live vicariously through her to know what it’s like being beautiful in LA, some of the times that were fun.
it very much is a book made for her fans, which i guess most memoirs are. if you didn’t know her already or was a fan of her in some way, the book is another gen z social media musician influencer cash grab memoir. she talks about her fans a lot and how she relates to them through music, behind the scenes of music videos and sitting up for herself in-front of managers.
my favourite part was when she mentioned her friend lena, probably because it was actually a good wholesome nice part of the book. i’d love to here more about her instead of how madison shortened the story about how they met. but yeah i really
enjoyed that.
it would be fun if it was more of a what i’ve learnt by 24 in this industry and everything that’s happened so far book, instead of just focused so much on internet bullies. even the topics of her biggest scandals, she could have went more in depth with them.
this book is a short and easy read though by 60% i was struggling to finish the book. the topics were repetitive, the same paragraphs about internet bullies, her feeling suicidal and about how people shouldn’t be bullies. this would have worked for two or three chapters but that’s all it was.
i appreciate her being so aware about the fact she’s saying this all from a very privileged life. she started the book that way as if to stop the tweets already firming saying this book is privileged lol
in one line this books subtitle could be humanising celebrities. celebrities have feelings too and you don’t know everything they go through. fair enough.
though it would have been fun if the book went more into dialogue and stories, even happier stories. maybe about her first love, a time she loved with her family, a time with her friends. it was focused so much on her job, that i wanted to know more, what else. maybe that’s me wanting to live vicariously through her to know what it’s like being beautiful in LA, some of the times that were fun.
it very much is a book made for her fans, which i guess most memoirs are. if you didn’t know her already or was a fan of her in some way, the book is another gen z social media musician influencer cash grab memoir. she talks about her fans a lot and how she relates to them through music, behind the scenes of music videos and sitting up for herself in-front of managers.
my favourite part was when she mentioned her friend lena, probably because it was actually a good wholesome nice part of the book. i’d love to here more about her instead of how madison shortened the story about how they met. but yeah i really
enjoyed that.
it would be fun if it was more of a what i’ve learnt by 24 in this industry and everything that’s happened so far book, instead of just focused so much on internet bullies. even the topics of her biggest scandals, she could have went more in depth with them.