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Becoming Molly-Mae
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The real Molly-Mae, in her own words.
Molly-Mae is no stranger to the limelight, having found fame on TV and online. But behind the polished exterior, there is a young girl with a unique story. It's the Molly not everyone gets to see.
In Becoming Molly-Mae, she unravels herself completely for the first time to open up about how she nurtured her creativity from a young age, took ownership of her body image, battle self-doubt and built a happy life. Along the way, she shares the moments, relationships and life lessons that have made her who she is. From the energetic child who loved Irish dancing and pageants, to the teenager holding down a job at Boots whilst building her dreams at fashion school, her journey to Love Island and how she copes with fame today.
By sharing these parts of herself, Molly-Mae gives a fresh take on finding beauty and balance in a busy world.
The real Molly-Mae, in her own words.
Molly-Mae is no stranger to the limelight, having found fame on TV and online. But behind the polished exterior, there is a young girl with a unique story. It's the Molly not everyone gets to see.
In Becoming Molly-Mae, she unravels herself completely for the first time to open up about how she nurtured her creativity from a young age, took ownership of her body image, battle self-doubt and built a happy life. Along the way, she shares the moments, relationships and life lessons that have made her who she is. From the energetic child who loved Irish dancing and pageants, to the teenager holding down a job at Boots whilst building her dreams at fashion school, her journey to Love Island and how she copes with fame today.
By sharing these parts of herself, Molly-Mae gives a fresh take on finding beauty and balance in a busy world.
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June 18, 2022
as compelling & deep as you could expect from a 23 year old influencer writing a memoir. Still love her tho
August 2, 2022
My expectations going into this book were low, as I wasn’t sure how much Molly-Mae would have to say about her lived experiences. However, I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed this more than I was expecting to.
What I particularly enjoyed, in this book, was when Molly-Mae opened up about her beauty procedures and her physical health. Molly-Mae discusses her experiences with lip filler, jaw filler and being diagnosed with endometriosis. The reason I appreciated her discussing these topics is due to fact she is a very successful influencer and has millions of people who look up to her. By her sharing her complications with filler, she could influence a reader to make sure they are 100% sure they want to go through with the procedure, so that they don’t potentially make the same mistakes Molly-Mae did. I feel the same with her opening up about endometriosis. By her speaking about her experience, a reader could realise that they share similar symptoms and it might give them the push to seek medical help. Wether you like Molly-Mae or not, you can’t argue that it’s very brave of her to discuss these topics and how she could potentially be helping many people by doing so.
I did have some issues with the book, sadly. I found the writing to be very repetitive with phrases such as “I know it sounds cliché” or “when I was younger” or “from a young age”, being used very frequently throughout the book. I also just think there could have been a bit more to the book, or to delve a bit deeper into Molly’s vulnerable side.
Full video review on this book is also available over on my YouTube channel, you can watch the video here: https://t.co/2jnzzkFDTI
What I particularly enjoyed, in this book, was when Molly-Mae opened up about her beauty procedures and her physical health. Molly-Mae discusses her experiences with lip filler, jaw filler and being diagnosed with endometriosis. The reason I appreciated her discussing these topics is due to fact she is a very successful influencer and has millions of people who look up to her. By her sharing her complications with filler, she could influence a reader to make sure they are 100% sure they want to go through with the procedure, so that they don’t potentially make the same mistakes Molly-Mae did. I feel the same with her opening up about endometriosis. By her speaking about her experience, a reader could realise that they share similar symptoms and it might give them the push to seek medical help. Wether you like Molly-Mae or not, you can’t argue that it’s very brave of her to discuss these topics and how she could potentially be helping many people by doing so.
I did have some issues with the book, sadly. I found the writing to be very repetitive with phrases such as “I know it sounds cliché” or “when I was younger” or “from a young age”, being used very frequently throughout the book. I also just think there could have been a bit more to the book, or to delve a bit deeper into Molly’s vulnerable side.
Full video review on this book is also available over on my YouTube channel, you can watch the video here: https://t.co/2jnzzkFDTI
October 21, 2022
(2.5)
As a fan of Molly-Mae this book fell a bit flat for me. I feel like it reads more like a standard magazine interview rather than a tell-all insider book as it’s been advertised. Pretty much everything (except for the really early childhood stuff) I already knew from following her social medias, so I didn’t really come away knowing any more about her than I already do. I would have liked to hear more in-depth anecdotes/stories that impacted her life; Majority of the experiences she wrote about I already knew. I also thought whilst she covered a range of topics, each one was rushed and a bit surface level. On the positive side, I could tell it was written by Molly as her personality came through in the writing.
Overall, the book was very repetitive and could have done with more editing or even being a bit shorter. I was quite excited to read this book but I didn’t feel much passion in Molly’s writing and all in all I’d say it was very average!!
(ps. sorry molly ily)
As a fan of Molly-Mae this book fell a bit flat for me. I feel like it reads more like a standard magazine interview rather than a tell-all insider book as it’s been advertised. Pretty much everything (except for the really early childhood stuff) I already knew from following her social medias, so I didn’t really come away knowing any more about her than I already do. I would have liked to hear more in-depth anecdotes/stories that impacted her life; Majority of the experiences she wrote about I already knew. I also thought whilst she covered a range of topics, each one was rushed and a bit surface level. On the positive side, I could tell it was written by Molly as her personality came through in the writing.
Overall, the book was very repetitive and could have done with more editing or even being a bit shorter. I was quite excited to read this book but I didn’t feel much passion in Molly’s writing and all in all I’d say it was very average!!
(ps. sorry molly ily)
June 19, 2022
I wanted to enjoy this but it was pretty bad . Molly Mae seems like a genuine and kind person but she came across a naïve and she’s really not a writer and the book kept repeating the same things over and over . It felt very juvenile like it was written for 12 year olds and there wasn’t much information in there I didn’t already know . I also found it pretty cringe that she attempted to be relatable by detailing some of her “struggles” for example “ I wasn’t in the popular group , actually I was but not until I was in year nine! Year 7 & 8 I didn’t make the cut”. I felt like this book was a bit of a cash grab and wasn’t very interesting at all .
July 18, 2025
She’s really not a writer, bless her.
This book was 286 pages long but it could’ve been half the length because it was so repetitive. I highlighted every time she said something along the lines of “I’ll tell you about that later” and I counted 9!! Also just felt like there was too much focus on teaching us how to be an influencer and not on her feelings and experiences throughout her career
This book was 286 pages long but it could’ve been half the length because it was so repetitive. I highlighted every time she said something along the lines of “I’ll tell you about that later” and I counted 9!! Also just felt like there was too much focus on teaching us how to be an influencer and not on her feelings and experiences throughout her career
June 11, 2022
It’s basically all of her YouTube videos and Instagram stories compiled into a book so there’s not much new. In fact the book itself is not up to date with her life right now. Common life experiences are milked to sound like inspirational stories which perhaps shows her age. I was hoping for her to justify the comments she’s made in public or for her privilege or how she plans to make PLT a better company but there is none of that so don’t expect it to actually have much honesty. I was hoping this book would redeem her but it’s nothing more than a personal ego stroke and pat on the back.
October 20, 2023
Conclusion: this was written way too early in Molly-Mae’s career and if I didn’t listen to the audibook this might have got a lower rating. Still a Molly-Mae stan though 🫡
September 20, 2022
I think Molly-Mae is the epitome of the saying ‘fortune favours the bold’. From her move to fashion school in London, to moving to Manchester, to going on love Island, Molly has certainly shown herself to have made daring moves. For that, her book is inspiring and thought provoking, and has made me realise how important it is to take big steps.
The reason I have given the book only three stars are due to the simplicity of the writing (which, to be fair, doesn’t particularly surprise me, however the number of explanation marks did begin to grind on me), and because I felt like some ideas were repeated a few too many times, ie how she’s so keen to be different and the importance of being ‘real’ on social media platforms to maintain loyalty from followers.
Having watched a fair few of her videos and having followed her since she was on love island, I can’t say there were many things in the book that I didn’t already know or guess, the only things being about her ex boyfriend and (sort-of) firing from the gym. I guess that just encapsulates how open she already is about her life on social media. It would have been nice, though, to have learnt a bit about her own plans with PLT and her thoughts behind some of the controversial things she’s said.
Overall, if you want an easy read and something a bit different and inspiring (or you’re just a bit nosy!) , then I’d recommend this book.
The reason I have given the book only three stars are due to the simplicity of the writing (which, to be fair, doesn’t particularly surprise me, however the number of explanation marks did begin to grind on me), and because I felt like some ideas were repeated a few too many times, ie how she’s so keen to be different and the importance of being ‘real’ on social media platforms to maintain loyalty from followers.
Having watched a fair few of her videos and having followed her since she was on love island, I can’t say there were many things in the book that I didn’t already know or guess, the only things being about her ex boyfriend and (sort-of) firing from the gym. I guess that just encapsulates how open she already is about her life on social media. It would have been nice, though, to have learnt a bit about her own plans with PLT and her thoughts behind some of the controversial things she’s said.
Overall, if you want an easy read and something a bit different and inspiring (or you’re just a bit nosy!) , then I’d recommend this book.
January 28, 2023
look, i love Molly Mae. she is definitely one of my favorite Love Island contestants and quickly became one of my favorite content creators. i think she is down to earth, confident, and really genuine. i just don’t think this book added anything significant to Molly’s story. everything she talks about here is quite surface level and is stuff she has already talked about in her YouTube content. Molly attempts to give the reader advice, but it seems targeted towards a teenage audience as she is only in her early 20’s at the time of publication.
the structure and timeline of this book was also strange. It wasn’t completely chronological and would jump around a lot and repeat several things.
just not necessary, really.
the audiobook was cute. she did a good job narrating it.
the structure and timeline of this book was also strange. It wasn’t completely chronological and would jump around a lot and repeat several things.
just not necessary, really.
the audiobook was cute. she did a good job narrating it.
March 20, 2025
biography or self-help? feel like this also could’ve been like 20 pages long. why am i also getting a masterclass on how to use instagram 😭
August 2, 2024
I deserved this
October 25, 2022
I DNF this book and that shows my opinions on it. I feel like Molly-Mae wasn’t engaging with the reader at all and it made me not want to read because I found it boring and uninteresting. I also strongly believe that 23 is too young for anyone to write an autobiography no matter how successful they get at certain age. Molly-Mae has certainly achieved a lot in her young life but I feel it was the wrong time for her to write as many chapters were pointless information about her life.
Although I did learn some interesting things about her this book isn’t one I would recommend unless influencing etc is a subject you are widely interested in. Saying this, I do love following Molly-Mae on social medias and loved her on love island.
Although I did learn some interesting things about her this book isn’t one I would recommend unless influencing etc is a subject you are widely interested in. Saying this, I do love following Molly-Mae on social medias and loved her on love island.
July 21, 2022
1.5. I do feel bad giving this such a low score because I do think this gal means well but holy shit was this hard to read. It was honestly getting painful at the end. I really struggled to get through it. Could’ve been a quarter of the length. Really needed someone to edit it. Wouldn’t recommend even for a joke read.
July 29, 2022
I wanted to like this, but Molly Mae comes across totally disconnected from reality. The story is superficial, lots of unnecessary explaining, such as what Instagram is and why writing lists help, and she alludes to her life as a struggle. I don’t doubt that she’s had difficult times, but hating your lip filler isn’t really relatable.
June 30, 2022
I really enjoyed this book as I'm such a big fan of Molly Mae. The only thing I didn't like was all the exclamation points as it made the book appear for younger readers (which it probably is tbf) but it was still nice to get an insight into her life
July 17, 2022
Read it for the meme. Bless her she’s such a lovely girl but I don’t think writing is her forte!
February 15, 2024
if peppa pig was trying to teach me how to use instagram
November 8, 2023
Molly-Mae tells her story so far about her growing up, love life and career.
At 23, there isn’t an awful lot to tell about her life, but she gives it a good go. I was expecting more about Love Island, but it’s glossed over in a matter of sentences, which was disappointing.
She mainly talks about her looks. Getting fillers, having them dissolved again and how she let herself go and felt unhealthy when she was a size 10. As someone who is a size 10, I actually found it a little insulting (especially given that the average UK woman is a size 16). It made me feel self conscious. Completely the opposite of what, I think (hope!), she was trying to achieve. I get that her looks are part of what makes her successful, but she comes across as quite shallow in places.
There is a lot about her influencing; Instagram, You Tube, TikTok, her brand deals and her own business. It’s almost like a beginners guide to influencing, as opposed to a life story. Which is interesting, but gets a bit repetitive and boring after a while.
I do like the relationship her and Tommy have though. They seem very much in love, and Tommy’s faithfulness and adoration of her seems incredibly sweet. She comes across as very much a home bird, and surprisingly introverted. She doesn’t have a wide circle of friends and is anti alcohol and drugs, which makes a refreshing change for someone in the limelight.
“I’ll get to that later” was a phrase I was fed up of reading by the end of the book!
A quick read, I read this in an afternoon. Not sure I’d recommend to anyone who isn’t particularly interested in Instagram or influencing.
At 23, there isn’t an awful lot to tell about her life, but she gives it a good go. I was expecting more about Love Island, but it’s glossed over in a matter of sentences, which was disappointing.
She mainly talks about her looks. Getting fillers, having them dissolved again and how she let herself go and felt unhealthy when she was a size 10. As someone who is a size 10, I actually found it a little insulting (especially given that the average UK woman is a size 16). It made me feel self conscious. Completely the opposite of what, I think (hope!), she was trying to achieve. I get that her looks are part of what makes her successful, but she comes across as quite shallow in places.
There is a lot about her influencing; Instagram, You Tube, TikTok, her brand deals and her own business. It’s almost like a beginners guide to influencing, as opposed to a life story. Which is interesting, but gets a bit repetitive and boring after a while.
I do like the relationship her and Tommy have though. They seem very much in love, and Tommy’s faithfulness and adoration of her seems incredibly sweet. She comes across as very much a home bird, and surprisingly introverted. She doesn’t have a wide circle of friends and is anti alcohol and drugs, which makes a refreshing change for someone in the limelight.
“I’ll get to that later” was a phrase I was fed up of reading by the end of the book!
A quick read, I read this in an afternoon. Not sure I’d recommend to anyone who isn’t particularly interested in Instagram or influencing.
July 11, 2022
3.5/5 stars ⭐️
I enjoyed reading this book, hence the fairly high rating; however, it was quite badly written 🤣how many times can the word “different” be repeated?!!!
However, it was a light, easy read with some interesting points. I do think Molly should have thought about the fact young girls would be reading this book though and not talk about how big she was when she was a literal size 10😬😬I know size is relative for everyone but a young girl would look and think Molly Mae said being a size 10 is too big and she needed to change it , so do I need to change too??? That probably knocked off half a star for me.
I enjoyed reading this book, hence the fairly high rating; however, it was quite badly written 🤣how many times can the word “different” be repeated?!!!
However, it was a light, easy read with some interesting points. I do think Molly should have thought about the fact young girls would be reading this book though and not talk about how big she was when she was a literal size 10😬😬I know size is relative for everyone but a young girl would look and think Molly Mae said being a size 10 is too big and she needed to change it , so do I need to change too??? That probably knocked off half a star for me.
June 12, 2023
love u molly but let’s be real there was no need for this book to exist other than for £££ ! u know when ur trying to reach the word count on an essay…that’s what this is, and it still only scrapes 280 pages. 280 pages of basically just saying the same thing over and over but in a different way each time…and the 5000 page section about which photos are chosen to be put on the instagram grid and where abouts they’ll be placed…i almost fell asleep. seeeeeeriously scraping the barrel of things to talk about here !! i didn’t even believe half of what was written because it’s very easy when you’re already at the top to tell every day normal people they can achieve it too…yes ok. let’s all become creative directors of PLT with no experience because that definitely wasn’t down to circumstances at all ! this book is essentially someone asking molly-mae what she does for a living and her typing out a long text message reply and then having that copied and pasted into a book and sold. i never saw the series of love island molly was on but found her through YT and really loved her personality and videos, but this book was not it, there was literally NOTHING for her to talk about - everything she did talk about could’ve been answered in a Q&A! in fact, i’m pretty sure she has already answered most of the things she says here in a Q&A. i could’ve written this and i don’t even have an instagram account - “regularly post stories so your followers feel connected to you”…..yes. “don’t post too much paid content otherwise your followers won’t like it”…we know! maybe molly should have taken her own advice and not agreed to the offer of having a book deal because…your followers won’t like it. well, i didn’t. this isn’t the worst thing i’ve ever read but ironically there was absolutely no content in this book at all. influencers stick to what you’re good at pls…instagram and youtube !
May 18, 2023
I love Molly-Mae and didn’t have particularly high expectations for this book and rightly so. It’s was so boring. The first few sections weren’t too bad as she spoke about her childhood and therefor touched on aspects of her life that I didn’t know about her. But generally speaking it was nothing new to what we already know about her as a person. It felt very repetitive at times and just generally not that well written.
January 16, 2025
I LOVE Molly-Mae but I definitely think that this book was written too early into her career, I’d love to see a more updated version! however such a refreshing and comforting read Inbetween my other books <3
September 24, 2025
I love me girl Molly, but after reading 50% of this book, I couldn’t handle the cheesy motivational quotes.
April 29, 2023
DNF @ 20%. Boring.
December 23, 2024
absolute book brainrot (i love to hate her and i hate to love her)
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August 23, 2024supporting my girllllll
August 15, 2022
Well, it wasn’t Tolstoy. Lolz as if I could read Tolstoy anyway. Probably best to start with something a little lighter and not get ideas above my station. Need to get me back into reading books again, any which way I can and certainly my expectations for this autobiographical affair were not too high.. I was rather intrigued going in, as to how Ms Mae would fare putting pen to paper, or false nails to MacBook as I suppose is more likely in her case (no shade, I am actually a fan of Molly and how much she has achieved for herself).
It is then, rather repetitive and maybe a little grating as she almost constantly declares how different from “all the other girls she is” and has been since she was a child. It did come off with just a *smidge* of arrogance but how can you be an influencer on Instagram and flaunt your designer wares without said smidge hmmm? I still think she’s likeable, just very young and obviously not a writer, I’m sure any fan of hers will lap this up but it really is for fans only.
So yes, if anything useful came from this, it showed me that pretty much anyone can write a book.. It may not sell too well if you haven’t appeared on Love Island or amassed millions of followers through some other talent but by god, you can probably write one. I’m dusting off my type writer tomorrow. Thanks Molly!
It is then, rather repetitive and maybe a little grating as she almost constantly declares how different from “all the other girls she is” and has been since she was a child. It did come off with just a *smidge* of arrogance but how can you be an influencer on Instagram and flaunt your designer wares without said smidge hmmm? I still think she’s likeable, just very young and obviously not a writer, I’m sure any fan of hers will lap this up but it really is for fans only.
So yes, if anything useful came from this, it showed me that pretty much anyone can write a book.. It may not sell too well if you haven’t appeared on Love Island or amassed millions of followers through some other talent but by god, you can probably write one. I’m dusting off my type writer tomorrow. Thanks Molly!
October 9, 2022
Molly mae might think she uses the 24 hour day wisely but the same can’t be said for the 26 letter alphabet because the contents of this 300 page memoir could be summarised on the back of a postage stamp and you’d still have some room left over for a game of tic tac toe.
December 9, 2022
Mollys life recounted in terms of how many insta followers she’s got lol
October 9, 2023
I think Molly has a good voice and good intentions and I think in 10 years time what she’ll have to say will probably be much more impactful.
I found some things inspiring, she’s obviously a very smart woman who made many right decisions and I would heavily disagree with anyone implying that she spoke from a place of privilege or that she failed to acknowledge that she may have had it easier than others. I found the book self-aware and mature in this sense.
Also immature in many other areas. I found it repetitive, saying the same thing in different words a lot of times. Contradicting in many ways also, she claimed she was shy and quiet, but then other times she claimed she was actually an extrovert and loud and had always been like that… she was unlike everyone she knew but then she was doing what everyone else was doing… was confusing and inconsistent.
Many times it seemed like she couldn’t decide whether the book was about her or actually tips on how to do social media for a job.
All in all, I believe she could’ve kept this one in the drafts for a few more years.
I found some things inspiring, she’s obviously a very smart woman who made many right decisions and I would heavily disagree with anyone implying that she spoke from a place of privilege or that she failed to acknowledge that she may have had it easier than others. I found the book self-aware and mature in this sense.
Also immature in many other areas. I found it repetitive, saying the same thing in different words a lot of times. Contradicting in many ways also, she claimed she was shy and quiet, but then other times she claimed she was actually an extrovert and loud and had always been like that… she was unlike everyone she knew but then she was doing what everyone else was doing… was confusing and inconsistent.
Many times it seemed like she couldn’t decide whether the book was about her or actually tips on how to do social media for a job.
All in all, I believe she could’ve kept this one in the drafts for a few more years.
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