Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game)
by Rosie O'Donnell
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Book Reviews of Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game)
Book Review: VERY DISAPPOINTED
Summary: 1 Stars
WELL WHAT CAN I SAY? I WAITED A WHOLE YEAR FOR THIS BOOK. GOT IT YESTERDAY WAS FINISHED WITH IT TODAY. EXACTLY 24 HRS LATER. IT IS A VERY EASY READ BUT THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS BARELY ANYTHING NEW? EVERYTHING IN IT WE READ BEFORE SHE SAID B4 ON HER BLOG OR SAID ON HER VIDEOS OR JUST SAID ON HER SHOW OR ON THE VIEW. 3/4 OF THE BOOK WAS "BARBARA STRIESAND" WE GET IT FOR ALL THESE YRS SHE HAS TOLD 9 KAZILLION TIMES ALL SHE FEELS FOR BARBARA! I WANTED TO READ SOMETHING DIFFERENT SOMETHING WE DIDNT ALREADY KNOW? SHE GOES IN SLIGHTLY ABOUT HER AND BARB WALTERS BACKSTAGE BUT IT DIDNT EVEN TAKE UP A WHOLE PAGE? THE MAIN REASON I BOUGHT IS I WANTED TO KNOW HER FEELINGS (SINCE REFUSED TO SPEAK THEM ON HER BLOG) ABOUT THE BLOW UP WITH ELISABETH. SHE SAYS NOTHING ABOUT IT. SO IF UR BUYING THE BOOK TO FIND THAT OUT...DONT BUY IT. EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK WAS EVERYTHING THAT ET OR EXTRA TOLD TO US OVER THIS YEAR ABOUT ROSIE. HER ABUSE WAS NOT EVEN A PARAGRAPH SO U DONT GET HER FEELINGS FROM THAT EITHER? IM NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE REASON FOR THIS BOOK WAS? I LOVED ROSIE TO DEATH...THIS WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING (GOOD PART WAS HER DR. (DR REICHMAN) WAS MY DAUGHTERS DR TOO SO THAT PART WAS NEET. THATS IT. THE ENDING WAS JUST BLAH THERE WAS ABSOLUETLY NO CLIMAX TO THE BOOK OR A GOOD ENDING??? IM LEFT AFTER JUST READING FEELING TOTALLY EMPTY? WAS LIKE I JUST READ A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON HER OR WATCHED ET OR EXTRA? I REALLY DONT RECOMMEND THE BOOK AT ALL CUZ ITS EVERYTHING YOU ALREADY KNEW? YELLOW? SHE SPOKE OF MANY MANY TIMES--HER ESCAPE--HER ART ROOM? SHES TOLD US MANY MANY TIMES BARB STR SHE TOLD US MANY MANY TIMES--HER MOMS DEATH TOLD US ALL THE DETAILS MANY TIMES? AND THE MAIN THING OF HER AND ELISABETH AND BARB AND THE SPLIT SCREEN?? NADA TOLD NOTHING.....SO SAVE YOUR MONEY.....Book Review: Not Impressed
Summary: 2 Stars
Rosie's last book was very suspenseful which makes this book stand in the shadows.
If you already read her blog and "get" where she is coming from, I don't think this book is surprising in any way. She starts the book in the position from being disconnected from "fame" after her show was off of the air. She could basically walk down the street like a normal person and people forgot she was Rosie O'Donnell. After she went on "The View" she got the attention from the media and her mailbox started overflowing once again. Big deal.
I do not believe she goes in depth at all about fame and how it affected her personally. She basically tells you that she wanted to improve "The View" by using her ideas for set design, interactions with the audience etc. and then she throws in a line such as, "As things were escalating at "The View" they were declining at home," And that's it. Readers care about the drama and issues affecting her life, not that she wanted her ideas used on "The View". But no, we don't find out what her family issues were or anything too personal.
I like Rosie, but I feel as if this book was a blown out of proportion. The most "exciting", "thrilling", "candid", (not sure how people actually used those words to describe this book, as it is none of them) part of the book for me was when her children told her what their friends had said about her. Other than that, it is mostly about her obsession with Barbara Streisand and her yearning for Barbara Walters to be a mother figure to her. Sorry Ro, but this book was a let down. If anything the supposed media that trashes her helped her with these book sales by exaggerating the "juicy" material.
Book Review: Revealing and Cryptic
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll start out by saying that I like Rosie O'Donnell. I have for years - back since her stand-up days on VH1. I like her as a comic, an actress and as a person.
This book is odd. Extremely revealing, yet reticent at the same time. She addresses the year she was on "The View" candidly, the brouhaha with Trump, etc. She admits her mistakes and recognizes her weaknesses. But then she hints at possible abuse in her childhood, but doesn't follow through. We're left to wonder *if*she was abused - apparently sexually - who abused her? Her widowed father, one of her brothers, a relative or family friend? It's presented very cryptically.
The writing is a combination of straight narrative and the cross between poetry and text message-speak she uses on her blog. It jumps around a lot, going off on tangents and sometimes not returning to the original thought until later in the book.
The book is sad and made me feel sorry for Rosie. It leads me to think she's in a lot of emotional pain and not all together well, although she seems on the right track. She talks about refocusing on her family, and her love for them comes through clearly.
I read her first book "Find Me" which was also disturbing, but for different reasons.
I found "Celebrity Detox" a difficult book to read but I'm glad I read it. It may not be worth the trouble unless you're a fan. There aren't really any life lessons or grand overarching themes, just a fragmented story about a specific time in a troubled celebrity's life.
Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a big fan of Rosie O'Donnell. I want to say that right of the bat. I think she has an incredible heart, and uses her celebrity to bring good to those less fortunate. I admire her and feel more celebrities would do well to imitate her charitible acts.
With that said, I was stunned and disappointed by this book. I read Rosie's blog regularly. In her blog she is down to earth, and incredibly easy to read and relate to. In this book she comes across as a name dropping egomaniac.
The book focuses on how Barbara Walters let her down so horribly. Every other word about her is a dig at her. Commenting on how shes so old and tired, how she hopes when shes Barbara's age she has the grace to leave when she should. The most disturbing thing in the book was that she looked to Barbara Walters, a virtual stranger before she began working for her, as a mother figure. It is so sad and kind of pathetic it makes me feel badly for her. She is incredibly childlike in her behavior in regards to Barbara Walters. This book is basically a hate letter to her. That was the most disappointing of all. This book was all about The View and how Mama Walters let her down. It wasn't about detoxing from celebrity. It didn't go into her life after the show, or detail much about what led her to need a "detox". If anything, the fact that not having a private bathroom at work ruined her life, I'd say she needs some help.
The only reason I'm glad I bought this book is that the entire profit went to charity. Otherwise, I'd want my money back.
Book Review: "The One and Only Rosie O'Donnell"
Summary: 5 Stars
In 1996 Rosie O'Donnell became a household name when she hosted her own daily syndicated talk show that was very similar to the old "Merv Griffin Show". In her talk show Rosie wanted television to steer away from the "trash" format that daytime television had seen since the early nineties, and it wasn't long before Rosie was known as "The Queen of Nice". O'Donnell interviewed everyone from Barbra Streisand to Tom Cruise, and it wasn't long before Rosie became a millionaire. In "Celebrity Detox" Rosie discusses the highs and lows in becoming a celebrity herself, from wanting to become rich and famous to not understanding how she still wasn't happy when those accomplishments were met. She writes about the problems she faced when she did her talk show to that day when she decided to end it, a time when she was at her peak. Probably even more interesting is when Rosie discusses her decision to come back to TV on "The View", her battles with producers as well as Barbara Walters, as well as her on-air showdown with frumpy Elizabeth Hasslebrook (a former reality performer with an IQ of about 2), to her decision to quit weeks before her contract was up at ABC. "Celebrity Detox" is a must-read in order to give fans a glimpse into the life of one of the greatest talk show hosts of all-time. It's also wonderful to know that once Oprah Winfrey quits her talk series Rosie will yet again be hosting another syndicated talk show. I for one am counting the months to that debut: daytime television is not the same without Miss Rosie!