Got Issues Much?: Celebrities Share Their Traumas and Triumphs

by Marie Morreale, Marie Morreale

By sharing their personal stories, celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Neve Campbell, and Michelle Kwan offer insight into a wide range of problems and issues confronting young readers. Original.

Genres: Young Adult

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1999

Reviews

[wAnderlUst · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book was a blessing to me in my teens! though it had moments of corniness, which is typical of any teen fan book,it made me feel so much better about my own individual struggles, and it also shows that the things that happen to you in life should not ever hold you back from making the most of yourself and becoming who you want to be in life. its funny, because i related to michelle williams' personal accounts in this book the most, and i was going through similar things when i read it. with this new generation of bullycides and cyber bullying, i can only imagine what the kids these days must be going through with their peers! there needs to be more books like this to lend support to those of us who struggle more than others. i found this book very inspiring, if a little cheesy at times. there's a story for everybody in there lol : a coming out of the closet story, stories of losing a loved one, stories of poverty, stories of struggles with competition and low self esteem, parental abandonment, breakups, body image, you name it, there's a story in this book about it. sort of like a less charming collection of chicken-soup esque personal accounts. i enjoyed reading this book.

[Ella Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has so many topics that people struggle with. one of them that I remember is body issues. The woman that played rose on the titanic would get bullied so she lost some weight. but after a while, she gained it all back. Now she does not care for why cares about her body. That's what I love about this book.

[chris law · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book to be weird and awkward. I mean who makes these kinds of books. But some things good about this book was that it talks about problems many people have today. Such as health problems, weight problems, etc. this book didn’t really get my attention but the cover seemed interesting which made me pick up this book.
I wouldn’t really recommend this book to anyone unless; they are weird people who want to read about issues. Many people picked up this book are because of the cover. The cover really attracted a lot of people's attention.

[Ellen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Published in the era of "Chicken Soup for the Whatever" books, this was very similar. I re-read this one. Haven't read it since middle school but was hoping to pass it on to my middle schooler. Unfortunately, none of the celebrities are famous anymore... or at least not someone a 10 year old would recognize. Donated.

[Sky · Rating 2 out of 5]

while this book induced nostalgia, it really wasnt that great. I'm not sure if it was because of the overuse of "much" (shoulda guessed from the title) and "da bomb." or gYif it was because it was about a bunch of washed up celebs but it was a waste pf my time