So raw and real

I was not expecting this book to be so incredibly raw Jennette really just air’s everything out in a way that takes you a back I’ve read a lot of celebrity books but non like this, where it feels so real raw and honest. I have a completely new respect for Jennette and the experiences and trauma that she faced through her life. Thank you for sharing your story.

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CAPTIVATING

I started, and I couldn’t stop.
This book swept me up, and carried me away from beginning to end. So well written.
Heartbreaking, and enlightening. Thankyou Jennette for telling us your story.

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Finished in one go

finished it in one go. Loved it Jannette, you've been someone I've admired from afar as long as I can remember now. I feel honoured to have this insight into your growth ✨️

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Everything I needed and more

The best memoir I have ever read. Jennette writes with raw honesty and reflection I haven’t quite experienced before. I didn’t know how much I needed this. Thank you Jennette.

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Just read it

TW for eating disorders, addiction, abuse
This is SUCH a good book. Just read it.

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excellent

excellent, I'll recommend it to all my friends. very moving and interesting. . .

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This blew me away

as someone who doesn't read memoirs like, ever, I couldn't put this down. finished it in one sitting and was telling other people to read it before I'd even finished it. what a story, wow.
also hope jennette considers doing more audiobooks!

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beautifully written and I highly recommend it

This was wonderfully written and is such a gut-wrenching tear-jerking yet heart-warming and healing memoir. I think it was an even more valuable experience to listen to Jennette read her work as there are some lines that a reader might read in a different mental tone. It hits so much harder hearing her tell her own story.

The title is shocking to many people I'm sure, but after listening to her work I feel an urge to follow Frankenstein's footsteps and attempt to revive Jennette's mother just so that she could be held accountable for the torment she inflicted on seemingly everyone around her.
The damage doesn't solely come from Jennette's mother though, there were several other people who also hurt Jennette and many more who saw what was happening and either ignored it or barely attempted to help. This is the common experience of abused children.
I hope "The Creator" gets what's coming to them soon. I hope Their other victims get the bravery they need to speak up too, even if they have to do it anonymously to avoid being hit by "defamation" suits or NDA violation consequences.

Thank you Jennette.
Unfortunately I understand and relate your story very well even though we've had starkly different lives.
I'm oddly so proud of you, for everything you've built for yourself, for the strength you've created, for becoming a person that is bold and confident and whip-smart and incredibly admirable.
Thank you for working through this and writing your story at this point in your life. I think if you had completed and published your memoir earlier in life, I don't think it would have worked as it wouldn't have had a good "conclusion". Even though your story hasn't concluded and your life is far from ending, you've gotten to a point in your healing that seems like you've built the solid ground that you never had before.
I hope you continue writing, you have a way of storytelling that really draws the reader in, you create such whole scenes that we vividly feel. You have this ability to write characters and dialogue that are distinct and natural and realistic. I have no idea what kind of writing you're going to go into next but I know you will do it magnificently.

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Inspiring

As someone who has also dealt with struggles with an eating disorder Jennettes descriptions of her struggles resonated deep with me and felt so raw and real, which many people who touch on the subject often gloss over. the “dirty truth” was so well written. and Jennettes narration definitely added so much depth to the book.

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Wow.

I listened to this extremely quickly. What an incredible story and woman. A must listen.

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