Still a Queen

by Constance Hall

After the runaway success of Like A Queen, Constance is back with her new memoir, Still a Queen. With her trademark unflinching honesty and humour, she discusses everything from her new role as a step parent, to eating disorders, online bullying and the struggles that the fame of Like a Queen and her blog has brought.

Still a Queen will make you laugh and it will make you cry. But Constance's underlying message, about the importance of supporting each other without passing judgement, is something that we all should take to hear

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Sam Schroder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bloody love Constance Hall. I love her honesty, her vulnerability, her absolute refusal to accept bullshit of any kind, her chaotic-perfect mothering, her determination, her beautiful soul. Her first book, Like a Queen, lifted me up and showed me how powerful a positive woman bring kind and positive to other women can be. It told me I did okay at the mum thing. In her first book, more profoundly, Hall showed my warrior princess goddess rainbow girl that she is absolutely smashing the mum thing out of the park. In this second book, Hall offers all of that and more. It is a more reflective book. It comes from a deeper place. It explores confronting and challenging topics. But it has left me with exactly the same wonderful sense of empowerment, encouragement and joy. When she talks about her love for her new husband, Denim, she describes the way I feel about my own husband, my best friend and soul mate. And when she talks about step parenting, well she’s describing exactly what Luke gave to my children - friendship and understanding. My grandma used to talk about the power of love. In this book, Hall says, “you can’t ruin anything with love.” And never a truer word was written. This book is going straight to my precious Emily, and then, like we did with the first book, we will write messages of love to Queens we will never meet, and we will gift the book to someone we know who needs to be reminded that they, too, are a Queen, and ask them to pass it on when they are done. Because the kindness, acceptance and love in Constance Hall’s message deserves to be shared far and wide.

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. An honest and mostly engaging memoir. I wasn't that familiar beforehand with Constance Hall, other than snippets I'd heard in the media (mostly - unfairly it seems - negative). I'm now a definite fan, joining her legion of fellow 'Queens'. I loved her rawness, humour, authenticity, her colourful language & sometimes confronting anecdotes. It could've done with a good edit as it didn't always flow that well, but then again, she states that she's not into perfect grammar etc, preferring to just be her real self in her writing, and she stayed true to that, which I admire. Her bluntness about parenthood, relationships & body image was particularly refreshing. You just can't help but like her & secretly wish you had a friend like her in your life!

[Hayley Hyde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Constance Hall you are certainly Still A Queen! Loved this book which covers many topics from Sex to Cyber bullying. So many observations that I found myself nodding and saying Amen to! Any book with a Chapter entitled "Has a man ever asked you if his dick smells?" Has got to be a winner right?

So in the words of Constance Hall " So if it's true as women we are damned if we do and damned if we don't...how about we get comfortable with the damning? You were born wild and you were born free. Connect and connect and connect again, and love. Just keep loving. Because you're going to be dammed in styles. So all hail to the Dammed Queens"

[Belinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very funny with a few refreshing crude turns of phrase & Constance has a great story to tell. She also elicited loads of expert opinion. Thought the book was much schmicker than last one in how it was put together & edited. She gives way too much credence to the haters though, a few of whom I see had to inject their poison into the review of her last book on here. Live & let live. If you don’t like her don’t read her. Go Constance, as you say yourself you’re making a decent living out of this & are mortgage free. Ha ha to haters.

[Jessica Fealy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book surprised me. I really enjoyed Constance’s authenticity & honesty. She is a little crass for my liking but I admire her journey & her commitment to love & kindness and making the works a better place. I appreciated her sharing her unconventional way of doing life & sharing her world to demonstrate there are so many ways to live, parent, love etc. Definitely a book I would recommend all women read.

[Heidi Swallow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again, this is not a book for the light hearted or the “Karen’s of Brighton”, there are a lot of controversial topics and language contained within this book. If you are easily offended, this book is not for you! There were a few crude metaphors that had me laughing and I liked her attempts at humour .

This book follows on from Con's first book, Like a Queen. It has been professionally edited and is a much easier read. There are also a couple of chapters from "professionals" and perspective written by Denim.

Although Still A Queen paraphrases some of her work from her first book (re- pregnancy, sex, issues with her weight, her childhood, past relationships etc), Still a Queen focus on Con's new relationship with Denim (not Bill), her expanding empire, rise to fame and explores more of the life lessons she has learned. You can really pick up on the growth of both her mindset and her writing. Absolute kudos to you Con!

While I don't agree with some of her opinions on topics, Con raises some interesting and at times questionable opinions and perspectives. I'd encourage you to give this book a read. It's an entertaining and pleasurable read.

My favourite reference in this book was when Con re-told the story of the 👩‍🌾 farmer knowing his wife was in labor simply because ..."her fanny looked swollen exactly like the cows on the farm before they had given birth".

This book ticks a lot of boxes for me- humour, personal growth, interesting topics... 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Stacy Terry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. Interesting to read ‘full blown warts and all’ personal experience of parenthood and working. Although I am nothing personality wise like Con I like how open she is and how she supports others - plus talking about traditionally taboo subjects easily. Probably only if interest to other mothers and possibly only Australian ones who are aware of who she is, although other nationalities may enjoy her openness.

[Lynette Haselip · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I was not sure what to expect as her first book wasn't how i expected it to be but i loved it. I sense that Constance definitely writes books best when she truely is happy.

[Charmaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Still a queen” is a refreshing and comforting read. Constance tells her story with her trademark honesty and compassion shining through. Chapters by various experts are in each section, as Constance searches for the best advice for us all. Funny, wise and kind, Constance at her best.

[Bec Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is such a step up from the first without losing the essence of Constance. Period Sex, Wanking and Depression during pregnancy are just some of the taboo topics covered..but with better editing and a more in depth story x

[Nicole Foster · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always honesty with Con

[Colleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even as a single woman with no kids, I love following Constance. This was an insightful and funny book about her journey.

[Linda Collings · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Constance is just so raw real and honest !

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, easy, fun read. Liked this one better than the first.

[Michelle Roberts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Op

[Jesse Konelio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it !

[El · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw book, love the ‘realness’ of this ... it had me in tears a couple if times because I related to some parts. I loved it!

[Linda Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As wild as I knew it would be 🤣 constance never fails to tell...everything.

[Lucy Mackey · Rating 3 out of 5]

So Constance has got a 4 star from me because, I like her style, her narrative rolls along like a great conversation. The over riding themes are family and love, online bullying, drugs and suicide. At least that's how I reflect on the book. I loved the actual biographical chapters about Con's youth, lovers and wild times. I work with children with the same sort of educational difficulties that she faced and so my heart really went out to her little girl self. School must have been an absolute nightmare for her. I love the ethos she has with her own children. The book has a lot of professional advice on depression and psychology which is helpful. I guess she wanted to back up her opinions and not give a one sided view. I love that she shares her life and normlises the normal stuff, family life is beautiful and we are enough, as we are.

[Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Do not waste your time or money.
Delved into Ms Hall’s insta posts (not sure what pronouns are) and this woman is unhinged and is quoting historical facts like she’s a professor - when in fact she knows nothing.

[Rochelle Helene · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is even worse than the first book. Terribly written. Not worth the purchase.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt like it wasn't as good as her first to be honest.