gimchi's review
3.0
so many throes of emotion while reading this book! overall, a very good and easy read and kind of fascinating.
i felt so many emotions:
pity, for her insane life growing up.
disgust, for the family that smokes crack together, apparently stays together.
more disgust, for her family that thinks it's still hilarious that her brother picked a fight with a guy ('say gargoyle!' to a random guy and the guy wouldn't say it) who ended up biting his tongue off.
amazement, that sex is kind of cheap.
wary respect, for her comment, "i'm already doing something that can put women in a bad light, ... so it's particularly important to hold myself to a higher standard of behavior than other women."
and hilarity, for "all i did was contribute to kleenex sales."
she ends up being married at the end of the book, and you want it to work out for her, but then i read her wikipedia article and came to the same conclusion as before i read the book. she's just pretty white trash.
i felt so many emotions:
pity, for her insane life growing up.
disgust, for the family that smokes crack together, apparently stays together.
more disgust, for her family that thinks it's still hilarious that her brother picked a fight with a guy ('say gargoyle!' to a random guy and the guy wouldn't say it) who ended up biting his tongue off.
amazement, that sex is kind of cheap.
wary respect, for her comment, "i'm already doing something that can put women in a bad light, ... so it's particularly important to hold myself to a higher standard of behavior than other women."
and hilarity, for "all i did was contribute to kleenex sales."
she ends up being married at the end of the book, and you want it to work out for her, but then i read her wikipedia article and came to the same conclusion as before i read the book. she's just pretty white trash.
pppinja's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Cancer
jjcruz's review
4.0
I think this book was such an easy read. It was a book about abuse, survival, sex, relationships, drugs etc. I would recommend. It was super entertaining. Definitely couldn’t put the book down.
jeneessa's review
3.0
My complaint is with my Kindle Paperwhite version, the diary entries and cartoon clips are difficult and almost impossible to read, so I had to skip entire sections of the book.
aaraia's review
5.0
Interesting ride
It sucks you in and keeps you there. Her life is/was wild and fascinating to step into it briefly. Definitely recommend.
It sucks you in and keeps you there. Her life is/was wild and fascinating to step into it briefly. Definitely recommend.
felisa's review
2.0
It was a book about how Jenna became a porn star...and that's it. I wasn't sure what to expect, or what I was actually expecting, so I am not sure how to entirely judge this book. I think I was hoping for something more than the clichéd story, but in the end that is what it was. Overall a light read, entertaining in a weird and tormented way.
melissa_h's review
4.0
This book held my attention the whole time and I did not want to put it down. I knew of Jenna Jameson the porn star but did not know anything about her personal life. I found it to be very candid, honest and open. I like Jenna more because of it.
ivulikkivulik's review
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book as much as I hoped to. I might try to get back to it when I feel like reading a memoir.