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March 18, 2016
I really love Hanna Beth, she's so inspirational and hopeful. I do wish the book was longer and was more detailed/provided more content. She mentions a lot of things which I understand she may not want to go into so much detail about, but maybe on other things she could have. Such as her blog and website would have been interesting to read about, and also her opinions/experiences with fashion in general.
Overall though, I loved reading this just to find out more about Hanna Beth - I watched her on House of DVF and instantly fell in love with her. She's an inspiration to all young people who go through struggles.
Overall though, I loved reading this just to find out more about Hanna Beth - I watched her on House of DVF and instantly fell in love with her. She's an inspiration to all young people who go through struggles.
February 12, 2016
I was so excited to read this book after watching her win House of DVF but it just seemed really bland and I wanted more from it. Reading Hanna Beth's story was interesting but I wanted the book to be longer and contain more.
However, I did love the journal entries and her honesty and her positivity towards life now!
However, I did love the journal entries and her honesty and her positivity towards life now!
February 10, 2016
Fastest read ever for me, in under an hour. Reads more like a feature article in a magazine and didn't focus enough on her career. Still got it autographed though.
February 9, 2016
When I first got the news that Hanna Beth was writing an autobiographical book I got very excited. I started following her when she started working at Buzznet and instantly she became a style icon for my teenage years. By that time I was 14 and my closet was switching kids clothes for new pieces that helped me find my own personal style. I was a bit of a hippie, a 50s and 80s passionate, a punk, and I wouldn’t want to give up on pastel colors. It was thanks to the Buzzmakers and some of my music idols that I started to find my perfect wardrobe. I didn’t know by then that behind the idyllic lives on the Buzznet blogs were broken dolls. I started to find out when Hanna and her mom released their first clothing pieces for “Sober is Sexy”.
Yesterday I received my signed copy of Hanna’s book and the day became a fantastic one. Of course I read Covered in Glitter in one stand that same night while listening to David Bowie’s discography. It couldn’t be any other way. This is what I thought about it:
-It is very important that she decided to share her bad experiences in life and how she made them into life lessons. There are tons of biographies similar to hers out there, but for people who had her as a role model it is important to know that her life wasn’t as perfect as we got to see and that doesn’t make her a worse role model. We all have been through dark times and it is good to hear that life isn’t perfect for anybody. The most important value is to be human. I hope writing the book helped herself.
-I would have loved reading a bit on her precious and great moments. We got to see her smiling a lot and apparently enjoying life.
-Her rage is still there. The many uses of “f*cking” in very precise moments prove that she is writing and taking control on the text of her own life. There are also some spelling and grammar mistakes that will be familiar if you used to read her blog. It proves it is her that we read and it is her soul that she shares. BUT! this doesn’t mean I defend this mistakes. This is an autobiography and I like to read HER, but if she ever writes fiction, this mistakes should be fixed in the edition process.
-Reading her journal entries was very interesting. There you feel the real teen Hanna of whom she writes about. Most of them were heartbreaking to read but I am thankful she shared them since they reinforce the most important message of the book: there is hope. (This will sound lame, but I found in her diaries more things we have in common, as many other kids from that era -it was a very specific era, I believe-, which is addiction to Simple Plan, David Desrosiers and mixing pink with black. I was that teen too.)
-There is an effort to create a good text with literary value at the beginning and at the end of the book, only a few paragraphs, but the rest is pure informal speech. I’m not sure if that was to get beautiful quotes from the book. If so, I don’t think that would have been necessary. There are pretty good ones from the rest of the text and her diary entries.
-I missed something that is in almost every book that appreciates its art: a mention to the cover artist. I love book art and many times I search more work by that artist if I like what I see. I think every contributor in a book, movie, videogame or CD should be mentioned.
Don’t expect a great book here. Expect a real life, an autobiography that is raw and a life that will probably only interest to Hanna’s audience and people interested in the L.A. pop culture.
PS: I'll be posting a review soon on my YouTube Channel. The link will be here.
Yesterday I received my signed copy of Hanna’s book and the day became a fantastic one. Of course I read Covered in Glitter in one stand that same night while listening to David Bowie’s discography. It couldn’t be any other way. This is what I thought about it:
-It is very important that she decided to share her bad experiences in life and how she made them into life lessons. There are tons of biographies similar to hers out there, but for people who had her as a role model it is important to know that her life wasn’t as perfect as we got to see and that doesn’t make her a worse role model. We all have been through dark times and it is good to hear that life isn’t perfect for anybody. The most important value is to be human. I hope writing the book helped herself.
-I would have loved reading a bit on her precious and great moments. We got to see her smiling a lot and apparently enjoying life.
-Her rage is still there. The many uses of “f*cking” in very precise moments prove that she is writing and taking control on the text of her own life. There are also some spelling and grammar mistakes that will be familiar if you used to read her blog. It proves it is her that we read and it is her soul that she shares. BUT! this doesn’t mean I defend this mistakes. This is an autobiography and I like to read HER, but if she ever writes fiction, this mistakes should be fixed in the edition process.
-Reading her journal entries was very interesting. There you feel the real teen Hanna of whom she writes about. Most of them were heartbreaking to read but I am thankful she shared them since they reinforce the most important message of the book: there is hope. (This will sound lame, but I found in her diaries more things we have in common, as many other kids from that era -it was a very specific era, I believe-, which is addiction to Simple Plan, David Desrosiers and mixing pink with black. I was that teen too.)
-There is an effort to create a good text with literary value at the beginning and at the end of the book, only a few paragraphs, but the rest is pure informal speech. I’m not sure if that was to get beautiful quotes from the book. If so, I don’t think that would have been necessary. There are pretty good ones from the rest of the text and her diary entries.
-I missed something that is in almost every book that appreciates its art: a mention to the cover artist. I love book art and many times I search more work by that artist if I like what I see. I think every contributor in a book, movie, videogame or CD should be mentioned.
Don’t expect a great book here. Expect a real life, an autobiography that is raw and a life that will probably only interest to Hanna’s audience and people interested in the L.A. pop culture.
PS: I'll be posting a review soon on my YouTube Channel. The link will be here.
December 29, 2025
This book was a short read but it was really good. I discovered Hanna Beth I like like during 2014 or something I just remember it was during the MySpace era and her personal style was everything!!
It’s inspired me and my own style to see someone dress how they’d like and to be so comfortable with fashion. I started and finished her book literally just now and I loved it, it’s like getting to know more about who she is, and the fact that she allowed herself to be vulnerable and share her truth instead of sugarcoating things is what u love most!
Like her I’ve gone through adolescence bullying, have felt lonely and like I don’t fit in. I’ve struggled with depression, anxiety, social anxiety and an eating disorder. Had a spell where I did dabble in drinking but was able to stop once it went past socially and went straight to numbing myself out.
The end of this book she mentions that it’s best to embrace and lean into recognizing your pain and those heavy feelings because if you don’t you’ll mask it with self destructive behavior and that is absolutely right.
It’s inspired me and my own style to see someone dress how they’d like and to be so comfortable with fashion. I started and finished her book literally just now and I loved it, it’s like getting to know more about who she is, and the fact that she allowed herself to be vulnerable and share her truth instead of sugarcoating things is what u love most!
Like her I’ve gone through adolescence bullying, have felt lonely and like I don’t fit in. I’ve struggled with depression, anxiety, social anxiety and an eating disorder. Had a spell where I did dabble in drinking but was able to stop once it went past socially and went straight to numbing myself out.
The end of this book she mentions that it’s best to embrace and lean into recognizing your pain and those heavy feelings because if you don’t you’ll mask it with self destructive behavior and that is absolutely right.
June 11, 2025
This was a really easy read. There are a few spelling errors that could've been corrected, but it does add some charm to Hanna's first book. Other reviews mention how they wanted her to get deeper into her childhood but honestly, I thought what she shared was enough. Something that did bother me was the way all the famous people she surrounded herself with--Audrey K, Trace C, Demi L, Andy B--, were never mentioned. Again, it's her story but it felt like without mentioning them, there were a few times where I was confused about what year we were supposed to be in. This is not a tell-all (as I was expecting). Still, I enjoyed it. Each chapter is about one to two pages long. I really enjoyed seeing Hanna's journal entries and various drawings.
September 1, 2025
I feel this book was a 21st century real life fairytale. It was raw and full of emotions. Just like a fairytale it started from childhood and ended with a happy ending.
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