A review by blainereads
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75

I would probably only recommend reading to this one as an audiobook. While it's a fairly solid memoir, JVN's personality is probably what you've come for, and certainly why you'll stay. The pacing is kind of erratic in the way it jumps around from milestone to milestone; he moves on so quickly from what feel like huge moments that you can't help but feel a little unsatisfied by the lack of reflection. I think this would be an excellent memoir if it were to be written in a few years when he has a little more time to consider how to present his story—it just feels like it was probably rushed to capitalize on the Moment, which fair enough!
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