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“A bit slow to start, but overall an authentic, interesting read. Lyrically insightful at times. I often wish some funny clever fiction writers would write Sedaris type essays, with O'Donnell's writing style, I wish she would write fiction someday.”
Rosebud P wrote this review Friday, October 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“kind of back and forth and all over the place in her story telling. in that regard, makes her appear more honest than most.”
jeleighbean wrote this review Friday, November 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Super easy and quick read. Much better than her other book, but over the top on her obsession with Barbara Streisand. I mostly enjoyed the parts about "the View". I love getting the behind the scenes look at things like that.”
Renae M wrote this review Monday, August 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I read this when it first came out - right when she was battling with Donald Trump. It is what I expected from Rosie - no more, no less. Fast read.”
Laura O wrote this review Wednesday, July 30 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Don't waste your time. It's stream of consciousness and there is nothing there. I was not up on all the feuds etc. and could care less.”
jacci j wrote this review Thursday, July 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I have a different look about Rosie now. I think if you dont like her your should still read this, you might have a little different opinion of her after this book”
Jennifer wrote this review Saturday, June 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Rosie is a pretty horrible writer - but, after seeing Barbara Walters talk down about her, this title caught my eye when I saw it on display at the library. It's super quick to read, but probably not worth the time...even though I was curious about the Rosie-Barbara drama.
Akemi S wrote this review Saturday, June 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The worst part of the book is how Rosie includes the really bad poetry from her blog. Her final blog-poem actually includes "amy winehouse inspires me / get her cd."
The only reason why I even finished the book was all of the fun celebrity drama that it covers, including Clay Aiken & Kelly Rippa, when Rosie made the "Ching Chong" comment, and the Trump-Walters-O'Donnell feud. Rosie comes off as being a bit of a mess, but at least she does seem like someone who tries.”
“As far as celebrity memoirs/autobiographies go, this one seemed to just fall flat. I don't think it accomplished it's intended goal, which, if you believe the blurbs on the cover, is that it "...illuminates not only what it's like to be a celebrity, but also what it's like to be a mother, a daughter, a leader, a friend, a sister, a wife...in short, a human being."
Alyssa wrote this review Monday, May 12 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I am all of the things described by the blurb (well, obviously not a celebrity!), and yet, I simply didn't feel that this book resonated with me. Maybe I had unreasonable expectations, but I had hoped that while writing about how she is just a normal person, who got wrapped up in the celebrity game, she would show how there is a commonality between me, a heterosexual wife and mother in Texas, to her, a homosexual wife and mother in California; unfortunately, I just didn't feel that connection.”
“Can I give a book less than one star? I read this in just under 4 hours. It was a short, poorly written piece of nonsensical blather about essentially 3 main Rosie themes - (a) Rosie contunuously thinks and acts like a spoiled 3 year old despite the fact that she is late 30s something mother of 4. As the Psychological community would say, she is "all id". She claims to want to shake up the entertainment industry and make a difference but all she really succeeds in doing is making an ass of herself. God help her kids. We'll be reading their memoirs in 30 years I'm sure. (b) She is so blindly jealous of Barbara Walters' success and poise (I'm not a big BaBa WaWa fan but she comes off as a shining star and taker of the high road in this book) that Rosie routinely embarasses herself over and over throughout her love/hate "Barbara" diatribes and (c)Barbara Streisand should drop whatever she's doing and run for cover. How twisted and scary is the hero (heroine) worhsip here? The book read over and over like an homage to the Church of Streisand (of whom I am a big fan and now wish I had not read this book since I had no idea Rosie wanted to drink Bab's bathwater - ick.) Don't bother with this one. It was a huge waste of time. ”
Val B wrote this review Sunday, May 11 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
