Candy B. (candieb) reviewed Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession With Perfection on + 239 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This STORY was very interesting. However, it could have been told better by another writer. This book is such a work of self-indulgence for the author. It nearly drove me crazy. Even in the book, you can hear her explaining herself away. Yes, She has a disease, but not once do you really hear her take responsibility for herself or her actions. She's selfish and it shows in her writing. The book is copyrighted 2004 so my hope is that in the past 4-5 years that she has had more time to heal and more time to think about her life back then. Perhaps she meant for this book to be that way, to show how she WAS, but it just infuriated me.
Interesting book, good subject, but would have been better with a really good editor to tone down Ms. Donahue's holier than thou and super indulgent rants.
Interesting book, good subject, but would have been better with a really good editor to tone down Ms. Donahue's holier than thou and super indulgent rants.
Jeannie H. (ilovebooksanddogs) - , reviewed Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession With Perfection on + 365 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I gave up on this book...I just couldn't get into it. I didn't find the subject matter that interesting.
Helpful Score: 1
Hope Donahue has a great sense of humor. Sure, it's a bit annoying hearing about her First World Problems at times. However, she has true wit, her eyes see what many people cannot. She illustrates with words, her life, her pain, her experience. Maybe she comes from a fancy world that most of us simply don't, but her experience is human, real and raw.