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Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up by Naya Rivera
2 reviews
wolfiegrrrl's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I am glad I opted to listen to the audiobook so I could hear the tone and inflection in her voice. Her style of writing feels very much like a conversation with the readers - from the uncensored opinions and anecdotes to the non-linear storytelling - so it wound up being a great match with the audiobook format. The non-linear storytelling wound up being both a pro and a con for me because, while I understand the choice to break the story up into sections the way she did, I had a little trouble fitting all the puzzle pieces of the conversation together in my head, but I think that speaks less about her writing than it does about me.
The section where she spoke about how adulthood comes with reaching the point where you look at your parents and can finally see them as people going through their own problems instead of tyrants out to make your life miserable is something I related to quite a bit, and I am glad that she was able to reach that moment of understanding with her mom after everything.
Overall, the stories and reflections shared in this memoir were interesting and the gimmick of ending each chapter with Sorry and Not Sorry lists is really sweet, but there are topics that are discussed with less sensitivity than should be called for. It would seem that the unfortunate implications she makes while doing so are due to clumsy wording more than intentional malice, but the thoughts still hang there.
In the end, this is a book she wrote to reclaim and reconcile her life story in a way that would hopefully reach the people who needed to hear it so that they would know they're not alone in their experiences, and that's pretty great.
The section where she spoke about how adulthood comes with reaching the point where you look at your parents and can finally see them as people going through their own problems instead of tyrants out to make your life miserable is something I related to quite a bit, and I am glad that she was able to reach that moment of understanding with her mom after everything.
Overall, the stories and reflections shared in this memoir were interesting and the gimmick of ending each chapter with Sorry and Not Sorry lists is really sweet, but there are topics that are discussed with less sensitivity than should be called for. It would seem that the unfortunate implications she makes while doing so are due to clumsy wording more than intentional malice, but the thoughts still hang there.
In the end, this is a book she wrote to reclaim and reconcile her life story in a way that would hopefully reach the people who needed to hear it so that they would know they're not alone in their experiences, and that's pretty great.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Abortion
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Pregnancy
She makes some unfortunate implications about sex - mainly that people need to have sex in order to have a real relationship and anyone who doesn't want to have sex won't be able to have a successful marriage - but I didn't tag acephobia because it seems like she was intending to only address people who feel liberated by sex even if that was not how she worded it.emmaturley_x's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Listened to on audiobook and was haunting to hear Naya narrate her life after her death. Was very interesting and sad to hear about the struggles in her life. I didn't know much about her life but was nice to hear her perspective on life as a celebrity behind the scenes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Grief