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Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton

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I did not expect this book to shake me so much. I honestly never really liked Paris Hilton much as a teen/young adult, but this book shone a completely different light on the image she portrayed to the world. While I wasn’t a troubled teen, I was a teenage girl in the 90s and suffered from a lot of the same slut-shaming, secret-keeping, harassment, and opportunistic older men. I’m so glad to hear Paris is telling her story and using it to make changes in the world. I picked up this book off a hunch and I’m so glad I did.

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

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es īsti nezinu, ko es domāju par šo grāmatu. es biju dzirdējusi ļoti daudz labu atsauksmju par šo grāmatu, tāpēc no vienas puses es gaidīju kaut ko ļoti wow. bet tā nebija. stāsts diezgan bieži bija ļoti haotisks; parisa iesāk stāstīt par kaut ko vienu, tad iepin pavisam citu notikumu, tad atkal turpina iepriekšējo, un temati mainījās tik ātri kā amerikāņu kalniņos. tulkojums uz latviešu valodu bija ļoti slikts, un es pieļāvu kļūdu, lasot to latviski, jo stāsts netika atspoguļots pietiekami precīzi. ko es noteikti vēlējos, bija kādus foto, kas ļautu tvert stāstu pilnīgāk. 
parisa vairākkārt uzsvēra, ka viņa ir self-made, bet tā īsti nav - tāpat viņa ir nepotisma rezultāts, un viņas uzvārds un slava, pat pirms viņa kaut ko bija sasniegusi, jau gāja viņai pa priekšu. tika atspoguļoti daži notikumi, kuri bija stāstā, manuprāt, nevajadzīgi. jāsaka, lai arī cik briesmīgi tas nebūtu, pati interesantākā daļa grāmatā bija par laiku tajā šausmīgajā "skolā". 
parisa hiltone ir un paliek ikona, un viņa kaut kādā ziņā mani iedvesmo, bet šī grāmata nav tas pats labākais memuārs, ko esmu lasījusi, diemžēl. :(

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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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