Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Paris: The Memoir

I am really interested in people who live differently than me. So, yes. Paris Hilton's book peaked my interest. I grew up in The Simple Life era, and even though I didn't watch it, clips and celebrity gossip was near unavoidable. I wondered, what has her life been like, in her own words.

I was surprised about the situations she's had to navigate, all while holding up the reputation of her family's "brand". That's a challenge many readers cannot understand.

For instance, she remembers a time in 8th grade when her teacher kissed her in the driveway, and even though her parents saw it happen, it was not mentioned again.

Or, how she went to parties and learned to pose or speak to the public as a child.

Her schooling: it's now common knowledge that the schools she attended were abusive and traumatizing. What a set-up! Charge a hefty amount and convince families of status that this type of schooling was the only way to save their traumatized children. I felt for her parents, who surely meant well in their own way as they ignored her pleas for help. Those betrayals are difficult to forgive.

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Despite her traumatic experiences, it sounds like she's found much peace and courage in her advocacy work, and I'm glad she's found her voice. I'm sure it hasn't been easy - status doesn't take away pain.

As a person, I like that Paris lifts up other women and doesn't put anyone down (at least publicly). She's a good-time girl with depth and skill underneath. Paris doesn't ever claim to be anyone other than who she is, and there is no one quite like her. She's good at what she does, and I enjoyed reading her unique story.

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

10/10. No notes. A must read for anyone who is or loves a person with ADHD.

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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5.0

This book is hard to read. Not because it’s written by Paris Hilton (and her ghostwriter) and not for the reasons that people would assume - that it would be vapid and boring and self serving - because this book is none of those things. This book is a hard read because Paris doesn’t spare the details of the horrors she’s endured, especially as a young adult in the “troubled youth” programs.

This book was absolutely captivating, emotionally raw, stunningly well written, and had me near tears at points.

You can decide for yourself if you think her book is genuine or a cleverly crafted PR piece, but one thing is for sure, this is a book that all young girls/femmes - teens and early twenties - should have access to. This book can open up a world for them to know that they are not alone, many of their experiences from small to big and light to dark are normal and that they are not the ones to blame. This is a book many teen and young adult girls/femmes (and even many others in the queer community) can relate to, learn from, and see themselves in.

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inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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