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Open Book by Jessica Simpson

33 reviews

smoothlikebutter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Great celebrity memoir. She seems honest, human, and kind. Shares some gossip. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Body shaming, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Child death

hlipman22's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, and Animal death

niamhdee's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Dysphoria

housedesignerking's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

She doesn't delve into what you may initially think she would. For example, she doesn't throw any credence at the rumor that her label forced her to show her belly button for sex appeal, nor does she ever give any validity to the rumor about permanent damage to her singing voice. Maybe the rumors were false. Maybe the rumor about adopting a bad technique for awhile is the one that's true? 🤷 Who knows?! I really don't care, truly. I've heard some of her newest stuff and don't really hear any vocal strain. This is one of the best autobiographies I've ever read! She doesn't really give a play by play of her careers, but rather writes this as if she's recalling her memories to you in an in-person conversation. It's more than charming. It's alluring. She also shows growth and a willingness to laugh at herself,  which is very becoming. Maybe her vocal strain over a decade ago was a cry for help? It could have been because part of this book was about her facing her demons. It's also funny at parts. Especially how she describes the way she sings, LoL. 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

readwith_em's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Open Book was the perfect title for this book as it was guided by the actual journals Jessica wrote throughout her life, and it’s just like a personal journal with no details spared. 

There’s a rawness and vulnerability that I think most women can relate to. The struggles Jessica shares are real and all too common. 

Don’t underestimate this memoir, there’s far more to it than you may expect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

katiejohns's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism

tanyafrey's review

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

cait's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Addiction, Body shaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

thebougiebookworm's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Though I wasn’t always a huge Jessica Simpson fan in the 90s/2000s, a friend of mine highly recommended this audiobook, so I figured I’d give it a chance. If nothing else, I could relive some of the nostalgia of Newlyweds and the pop genre of that era. What I actually got was so much more. 

Jessica Simpson is a great example of how the industry, and society as a whole, constantly underestimate and undermine women based on how they look. Often labeled a dumb blonde (guys, she KNOWS it’s tuna, not chicken), sure she was a bit sheltered as the daughter of a Texas preacher, but it’d be folly to believe for a second she’s the idiot the media portrayed her as.

Simpson is raw and vulnerable in this tell all. She holds nothing back, especially when it comes to people who treated her like dirt (looking at you, John Mayer). But she also acknowledges her part in some of the bad turns in her life, even being transparent about her struggles with alcoholism. 

She never suppressed her emotions either. Though our life experiences are drastically different, I found myself shedding a few tears alongside her as she spoke about particularly difficult stages in her life. She’s honestly overcome a lot in her life, and one has to respect the resilience and graciousness with which she did it. 

One thing to point out, she did suffer some trauma and abuse in her life, so please check content warnings before diving in. 

I’m glad I read this and happy to say while I’m never going to be a big fan of her music, knowing her just a little more makes me a fan of her as a human. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Infertility, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Death, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

aesantiago's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual assault