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This book got a lot of hype but I don’t think it’s very good. There were some paragraphs in it that were good, but most of it leaves me asking, “Who is this for?” It describes the damage done but it doesn’t say what to do about any of it—or I haven’t gotten to that part yet? No idea.

I think I got this for free. It’s so dumb. I’m embarrassed to put it on my profile but I READ IT AND SO IT COUNTS TOWARD MY GOAL hahaha

I’m fairly certain that I read, in the beginning of this book, that this is NOT a parenting book and shouldn’t be thought of as one… and then nearly the whole book is about what babies need. I don’t understand why this book was so hyped. There’s a lot of stuff where I’m like, “Ok so my mom fucked up in every possible way,” but it isn’t helpful info, because it’s not solutions-focused.

It’s very weird how he keeps mentioning he’s attracted to his patient. No one is making you admit that in your book! Those are private thoughts!

I don’t really like Dr. Drew at all but this book is pretty good.

****Spoiler**** but a high school student sexually assaulted her teacher, and now I’m like, ok, are we going to acknowledge that’s what it was or are we going to pretend like “ha ha she’s just a horny teenager”?? Because what the fuck. This is so uncomfortable. I don’t like this book. (I grabbed it because it was available from the library.)

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Sooo good. I’ve been reading this book very slowly, to let it sink in. It’s very well written, and also horrifying. It’s an important book.

This is an interesting science book but Mary’s witty footnotes get so tedious. I keep thinking, “You made me stop what I was reading—AGAIN—because you thought you were very funny.” It’s less irritating when she provides important context and makes a joke while doing so, but when she does it JUST to make a joke, or goes on much longer than necessary so that she can make a joke, it’s obnoxious.

I haven’t read this book since the 90s, I think. Early 00s, maybe.

I understand the need for footnotes in a science-heavy book like this, but each one is a speed bump, slowing down the flow of the book. Mary seems to try to compensate for that by making them funny, but it also makes them longer, and that often gets annoying. I wish she’d reel it in a bit.

This is very sad, but she’s so detached and matter-of-fact about it. She was the drummer of Hole, fired by Courtney Love while recording Celebrity Skin, even though she was clean at the time, and then spirals hard into drugs, eventually becoming homeless and engaging in prostitution to pay for drugs. Fuck.

Funny that this book finally got interesting and it’s Kim talking shit on Courtney Love lol. Hate her as much as you want, but she’s the most interesting part of everyone’s story. We want to watch the trainwreck, the chaos.

I’m at the 45% mark and maybe they’re finally starting Sonic Youth. Maybe. But I’ve said that two or three times before.

The remembered/recreated dialog in this book is SO phony, but the overall story is good.

Kurt, Courtney, and lots of drugs. Never a dull moment.

36% into the book and it’s still about her life in the art world, not about music. I’m so bored with this book.

Pretty good so far. It’s not the best writing in the world, but the story is there.

This book is so fucking boring that I don’t want to finish it, and I almost never say that about books. I’ll read books in five minute increments if I have to, alternating with a fast-paced mystery like it’s a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down, but even the three minute chapters of this book bore me.

Started off strong and has since gotten incredibly boring

The book is at its weakest when it feels like the author has stopped writing from the POV of a 17-year-old girl and is writing from the POV of someone much older with an axe to grind (herself). I understand the impulse, but it takes me out of the story again and again.

This is a very good book

Well, finally something is happening, but Jesus, this feels dark.