Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

37 reviews

rustbeltcoastie's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Stalking, Abortion, and Cultural appropriation

gracemwigley's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Abandonment

splattergunk's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_camchamomile's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

I didn't realize how little I knew about Paris Hilton until I listened to this. I sincerely enjoyed Paris' narration and appreciated having the opportunity to hear her side of the story. Paris has overcome a lot in her life! An enjoyable, relatively quick listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Classism

misslynette's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Unable to rate because the book in of itself is absolutely remarkable. The way she shines a strobelight on the "troubled teen" industry is more than necessary and hopefully leads to radical change. 

That said, her well-documented racist/homophobic statements of the past, which are largely unaddressed aside from the one-liner, "I said some awful things in the past," show she just isn't there yet. I wish she dug in deeper about her decision to defend Trump's vile statements during the 2016 election and throwing other women under the bus. It really undermines her messaging throughout. 

Additionally, there were multiple instances when she commented,  "Oh, I really loved this comedian/artist until they targeted me. You shouldn't hurt people like that," as if she hadn't been laughing along before. 

I think, ultimately, she has shown an immaculate amount of growth and she still has a long way to go to catch up. 

Given what I learned during reading it (her remarks), I don't regret spending my sick days reading it. I think it's an excellent story and a good reminder that we can hold multiple truths at the same time. I'm glad someone with her size of following wrote about this absolutely horrific topic, barring their soul. And, ultimately, I want to trust that she will someday dismantle the clear racism that she absorbed from her world (just as I hope all wh1te people will). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Incest, Miscarriage, Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Cultural appropriation

haleysversion's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

dakotahreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Alcohol

holliesatchell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Abortion, Abandonment, and Alcohol

sallyrooneystanclub's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad

5.0

Raw, beautiful and essential reading for all millennials. What a life. Absolutely broke my heart in places and also reflect on growing up at this time as a girl with undiagnosed ADHD and how the world saw women. Paris has a genuinely inspiring attitude to her mistakes, being mistreated and sexualised by the media, her SA and the extreme trauma for her time in teen correctional institutions. Her audio performance and her messages made me feel she was talking to me. She clearly is grateful for her fans and privileges and is in a time of her life to make others feel seen, heard and loved. This book it's hot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

leannanecdote's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail