A review by joanasoeiro
Face It: A Memoir by Debbie Harry

Many thoughts about this one.
I do think it was personal, contrary to what a lot of other reviews say, and I was able to feel her voice in the writing of this book.
I'm not rating it precisely because it was so personal, and because of the many controversial situations it included.
Not that Debbie was in the wrong – on the contrary –, but I feel like so many things happened to her when she was younger and she hasn't exactly processed them. She doesn't want people to see her as a victim, and I'm not going to judge her for that. I don't think anyone should be judged for how they handle trauma.

The parts about her and the band's careers were super interesting, and I loved learning even more about the making of Blondie albums, Debbie's solo albums and her film appearances (especially Videodrome, a movie that's always fascinated and disgusted me. It was nice to have more context on it).
This book also reminded me of Blondie's 2000s albums that I used to listen to on YouTube when I was younger and stopped because they are NOT on Spotify... So I am now going to search for them again. :-)))