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This is Me by Katie Price
sad
medium-paced
0.25
Ok so first off, here’s a word of warning. If you don’t like negative book reviews I suggest you skip this one completely. I always try to shine a glimmer of positivity even in my one star reviews but this will not be happening here. Also, there probably will be one or two spoilerish comments along the way, so read at your own discretion.
So let me begin by saying that I was a huge fan of Katie Price in her earlier days and I always really admired her honesty and strength in overcoming some horrible situations. So I came into this book hoping that she would shed some light on some of the quite unpleasant events of recent years such as her drunk driving crash and reported animal neglect. Well, spoiler alert, this isn't the case. Rather than use this book as a means of addressing these stories and taking ownership of her behaviours and flaws, Katie spends pretty much the whole book going off on one blaming the media and of course men for every negative action and situation. Let’s not forget the moments where she tries to lay blame at her own daughter's feet!
There is also a mountain of inconsistencies and contradictions surrounding several scenarios and events. Katie has spoken about the majority of the topics outlined in this book herself previously whether it be on her own social media or direct media interviews and there are clearly several versions of the same story being spun.
To top it off the writing itself is all over the shop and the book needs an absolute monster of an edit, ok we get it Katie, you’ve been in the industry over 30 years, we heard you the first 123 times.
I can’t recommend this book to anyone as it’s honestly a walking red flag, so if you do plan to pick it up please be forewarned that she speaks about topics such as drug abuse, addiction, mental health, physical and sexual abuse and animal neglect in quite a flippant unpleasant manner.
To be honest, I feel quite sad writing this as it’s quite tragic that someone can have so little self awareness and it really makes me wonder the impact it has on her kids. Sadly, it’s quite clear that Katie still has many more issues within herself that she needs to work on and I honestly really do hope that she is able to do so, for herself and for those around her, both two and four legged alike.
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Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abortion