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rabbithrted's review against another edition
3.0
‘mick jagger personifies a penis’….i don’t really know where to start tbh.
while i suppose there is some respect in pamela’s complete confidence and support of the groupie lifestyle, i just found it hard to read so many depictions of young girls being taken advantage of. there was so much blatant pedophilia, abuse and lack of regard for the girls in the memoir that i personally do not understand how she wrote it with so little criticism. blame it on the era of whatever but if you’re looking for an in depth analytical account of being a groupie i wouldn’t say this is it.
while i did enjoy getting to read about the free spirit pam was and her gto crew, i felt there was so much more she could’ve explored. how dependent they all were, and how abandoned they became, the exploitative men around them. it just idk….missed the mark for me. if i knew before hand it would mostly be a diary account of all the guys she’d slept with and how good they were in bed maybe i would’ve felt less dissatisfied.
with that being said, pam can write. i do think her youthful, flowery writing became a bit tiresome by the end? as someone who has so much love for stereotypically ‘girly’ writing-i could get past it. but for the average non 17 yr old (like me) you’re gonna struggle. however the songs she wrote and certain passages were gorg can’t deny. her writing of the gtos was so sweet, how they styled themselves, this love for art and self expression. you got a sense of these women as individuals rather than attachments to famous sleazy boys in bands. unfortunately these small glimpses made up so LITTLE of the book.
i just wish she had written more about the girls and not the guys, because it’s where her story AND writing was best.
but it was fun and an enjoyable- though enabling- look into the free love era. i just think there was SO much more potential for a really interesting account and memoir. o’well.
her beatles phase made the experience though ngl, that was hilarious.
while i suppose there is some respect in pamela’s complete confidence and support of the groupie lifestyle, i just found it hard to read so many depictions of young girls being taken advantage of. there was so much blatant pedophilia, abuse and lack of regard for the girls in the memoir that i personally do not understand how she wrote it with so little criticism. blame it on the era of whatever but if you’re looking for an in depth analytical account of being a groupie i wouldn’t say this is it.
while i did enjoy getting to read about the free spirit pam was and her gto crew, i felt there was so much more she could’ve explored. how dependent they all were, and how abandoned they became, the exploitative men around them. it just idk….missed the mark for me. if i knew before hand it would mostly be a diary account of all the guys she’d slept with and how good they were in bed maybe i would’ve felt less dissatisfied.
with that being said, pam can write. i do think her youthful, flowery writing became a bit tiresome by the end? as someone who has so much love for stereotypically ‘girly’ writing-i could get past it. but for the average non 17 yr old (like me) you’re gonna struggle. however the songs she wrote and certain passages were gorg can’t deny. her writing of the gtos was so sweet, how they styled themselves, this love for art and self expression. you got a sense of these women as individuals rather than attachments to famous sleazy boys in bands. unfortunately these small glimpses made up so LITTLE of the book.
i just wish she had written more about the girls and not the guys, because it’s where her story AND writing was best.
but it was fun and an enjoyable- though enabling- look into the free love era. i just think there was SO much more potential for a really interesting account and memoir. o’well.
her beatles phase made the experience though ngl, that was hilarious.
rrrinacore's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
4.25
I had so much fun with this!! The most honest and detailed insight into the rock and roll heaven of the 60s and early 70s I have ever read – including all the good and bad sides that came with it. It was a true delight to grow up with Miss Pamela via her diary entries and stories of endless crushes and affairs, backstage parties and the search for herself. As someone who is absolutely obsessed with the flower power movement and the great music that came from it, this look behind closed doors was more than I could have wished for.
I just wished Pamela would have handled all the problematic and terrible things that happened a bit more reflective and critical while looking back on her life, especially all the pedophelia and sexual assaults which she mentions so casually. But I think she also wrote a book on those dark sides of this era, so I will look into that and hope to find some more depth about those heavy topics.
I just wished Pamela would have handled all the problematic and terrible things that happened a bit more reflective and critical while looking back on her life, especially all the pedophelia and sexual assaults which she mentions so casually. But I think she also wrote a book on those dark sides of this era, so I will look into that and hope to find some more depth about those heavy topics.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug abuse and Toxic relationship
nicolewiley's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.5
super interesting stories, but absolutely terrible writing
rorync's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.0
this woman’s brian needs to be studied. but i kinda get her tbh. reading this was like Oh! you did that but then considering the fact that it was Mick Jagger throwing himself at her and being like oh okay i understand. not buying the feminist argument for groupieism but her writing was way more self aware than i expected
elenakperez's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-paced
2.5
I skimmed the last half of the book. It was very interesting to read a first-hand account of someone in the middle of the LA (and global) music scene in the 60s and 70s, but the writing itself was hard to follow. It was like reading the diary entry of someone on drugs who had written all entries on drugs (and in some parts of the book, that was the case). It was full of made-up jargon, grammatical errors, and spelling errors. It was enjoyable for some of the content, but the style was not to my taste. Also, I tried to read this with the understanding and context that this was a time before many of the social movements we have today have advanced/now exist. It was still hard to hear about the abuse of minors and women talked about with such levity. And absolutely no comments on any of that in the MANY epilogues written. Lastly, the foreword by Dave Navarro was weird and unnecessary.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Body shaming, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Murder
Sexual exploitation of minors and women and violence in relationships are dominant themes of this book, but talked about in a way that doesn't address them as serious issuesiridescentjemz's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
This was a fun listen, it felt like you were having a good gossip with a friend especially when you could tell Miss Pamela was adding some additional thoughts to what she had already penned.
It does feel like a different read to adult me than teen me and my original copy of the book doesn’t include the additional parts added in the 2000s onward so it was good to have that additional insight. One thing I think is great about Miss P is, even from a young age, she was in control of her own sexuality and didn’t seem to feel pressured to go by anyone else’s pace other than her own.
I find the parts about adults having relations/relationships with minors to be particularly uncomfortable. It’s handled in a nonchalant and matter of fact way, that it was just something that happened, rather than something horrendous. Especially the Don starting a relationship with a 14 year old Melanie Griffiths part of history. I think if that was me I would have been on the phone to the cops but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Definitely a good read if you are already aware of and are a fan of Miss P, groupie culture or the rock n roll guys of the time.
It does feel like a different read to adult me than teen me and my original copy of the book doesn’t include the additional parts added in the 2000s onward so it was good to have that additional insight. One thing I think is great about Miss P is, even from a young age, she was in control of her own sexuality and didn’t seem to feel pressured to go by anyone else’s pace other than her own.
I find the parts about adults having relations/relationships with minors to be particularly uncomfortable. It’s handled in a nonchalant and matter of fact way, that it was just something that happened, rather than something horrendous. Especially the Don starting a relationship with a 14 year old Melanie Griffiths part of history. I think if that was me I would have been on the phone to the cops but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Definitely a good read if you are already aware of and are a fan of Miss P, groupie culture or the rock n roll guys of the time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Sexual assault
ampenyak's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
3.5