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Información de la obraDown the Rabbit Hole Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny por Holly Madison
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InscrÃbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This was a great read. it's was intriguing to get an inside view of what happen through Hollys eyes. She spent a lot of time not being able to speak her mind and being suppressed so it's great she was able to air it all out. writing is a great form of therapy. Everyone handles the same experiences different, I feel like she wasn't trying to throw anyone under a bus just saying it like she knew it. Life doesn't always take the path we plan but it always ends up at where we need to be some how. I'm reading this in October, the month I typically reserve for nothing but horror reading. But I feel like this sort of fits the theme; it's just a different kind of horrifying. I never really watched The Girls Next Door, I didn't read this book because I want an inside look at Hugh Hefner's bedroom escapades (gross), and I really don't care about knowing anything of the inner workings of the "famous for fame's sake" world. I was really drawn to this book when I read a preview of it, and the voice of the narrator (and writer) sounded so sad and vulnerable and sincere when she described how she would end it all. Oh, and intelligent. That made me sit right up and re-think how I had judged this person in light of how she became famous. The book pretty much lives up to all of that. I never expected the prose to be beautiful or poetic. It feels honest. Although, there seems to be a certain amount of branding to it that, every so often, creeps over the genuine line. The details are salacious, but, to me at least, the book manages to avoid that sticky, tabloid tell-all feel. I would have liked a bit more self-reflection. There's some, but it's really just a story of her time being with/escaping from Hefner with a little bit of feminist hell-yeahing at the end. There is vulnerability, but only in a retrospective and sort of superficial way. Hefner is never called out as being abusive (except maybe once), manipulating, yes, and the implication is definitely there. But flat out abusive, no. Overall, it was an interesting read (obviously, I read it in one day). And I'm glad to have my preconceived notions that Hugh Hefner is sad, lame human being confirmed. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: The real, untold, and unvarnished story of life inside the legendary Playboy Mansionâ??and the man who holds the keyâ??from the woman who was Hef's #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Next Door. A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed small-town Oregon girl Holly Sue Cullen into Holly Madison, Hugh Hefner's #1 girlfriend. But like Alice in Wonderland after she plunged down the rabbit hole, what seemed like a fairytale life inside the Playboy Mansionâ??including A-list celebrity parties and her own #1-rated television showâ??quickly devolved into an oppressive routine of strict rules, manipulation, and battles with ambitious, backstabbing bunnies. Losing her identity, her sense of self-worth, and her hope for the future, Holly found herself sitting alone in a bathtub contemplating suicide. But instead of ending her life, Holly chose to take charge of it. In this shockingly candid and surprisingly moving memoir, this thoughtful and introspective woman opens up about life inside the Mansion, the drugs, the sex and the infamous parties, as well as what her relationships with her Girls Next Door co-stars, Bridget and Kendra were really like. Holly talks candidly about a subsequent abusive relationship, her own successful television series, and the hard work of healing, including her turn on Dancing with the Stars. A cautionary tale and a celebration of personal empowerment, Down the Rabbit Hole reminds us of the importance of fighting for our dreamsâ??and finding the life w No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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One of the first Kindle books I purchased was [b:Bunny Tales|58925|Bunny Tales|Izabella St. James|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388242068s/58925.jpg|57372] and having read that I wanted to see what Holly had to say. I must preface this by saying I lived in Los Angeles and have been to the Playboy mansion in the past for outside events, as well as having known a couple of the "girlfriends" over the years. So, it was easy to follow the events in this book.
That being said:
It felt like it was very, very easy to read in that it could have been written by someone in high school. The grammar, style and mechanics were textbook. The story was pretty much what I expected, but I did enjoy it. A pretty easy read, nothing too heavy. If you get it for free, it's probably a good poolside summer read. I also just listened to the Audible copy in my car. ( )