Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game)
by Rosie O'Donnell
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Book Reviews of Celebrity Detox: (The Fame Game)
Book Review: Does not play well with others
Summary: 1 Stars
An unfocused hodge-podge of random thoughts, screeds and doggerel (much of it recycled blog posts) from what appears to be one deeply unhappy woman suffering from a severe my-way-or-the-highway mentality. Example: At one point, Rosie takes the entirety of America to task for the death of Anna Nicole Smith. . . because none of us stepped up to the plate and knocked some sense into her head!
Too late to do anything about that (and Anna probably wouldn't have taken my call anyway) so I'll do the next best thing. Earth to Rosie: "Seek help immediately! And if you ever feel the need to commit another unhinged pity party like this to paper, burn it, stick it in a drawer or turn it over to a therapist, but DO NOT approach a publisher."
It has apparently never occurred to her that there are millions of other people making a zillionth of what she earns who are also not wild about their jobs or co-workers but who somehow manage to get on with their lives anyway.
Amateurish and vindictive, this is a disgustingly shallow wallow in the same sty of celebrity self-indulgence that O'Donnell professes to detest.
Book Review: The truth about BEING a HUMAN.......BEING!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Rosie O'Donnell is without a doubt a true gift to humanity!
I read this book straight through....could not put it down. Everyone of us has felt what she wrote about at one time or another in our lives, the real question is whether or not the rest of us are willing to look at those feelings and actually have the courage to admit to them. She is brilliant on all levels, always has been, always will be.
The purest form of vulnerability, stripped right down to the core and shared to aid in the healing of her own heart while simultaneously aiding in the healing of all who read it.
I laughed, I cried, I smiled, I felt rage, I felt joy, I felt anguish, I felt fear......I fell into the depths of my own truth and my own life. All of which somehow are entangled with hers, although they are two different worlds, two different pieces to the puzzle of being human.
Rosie O'Donnell encompasses all that is real and substantial in our world. A brilliant mind, a vibriant soul, a depth of character that for me speaks straight to my gut, my heart, my yellow!!
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!
Book Review: Rosie I understand being frustrated, but this aint the forum to go about it.
Summary: 2 Stars
After reading the book in its entirety in three hours, I can only imagine what it is like for her to be frustrated about work and coworkers and the politics that are often related to work. But as frustrating as work can be, it is never a good policy to air out publicly her grieviences about former employers. Moreover, if one decides to work somewhere under someone, you are expected to follow the rules-and it was very clear that Rosie felt that she was above that.
In the book she straddles between the everywoman, the well to do with her two nannies and her wife in tow and the fan obsessed with Barbara Streisand. It is also very clear that she is longing for a mother figure in Walters that was inappropriately not supposed to be. Our bosses our not our mothers and it is unfortunate that Rosie was confused with that.
It is also evident that this book was an afterthought spin after leaving the view in such an abrupt manner.
PS. After all of this, I hope she has found her yellow. I imagine that future employers will be weary in working with her.
Book Review: Rosie Let Me Down With This One...
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm pretty much a self professed uber fan of Rosie's, but I have to admit that this book left me feeling kind of cheated. Maybe it was due to all of the media leaks about what would be exposed in the book, prior to its release, or maybe because I never got too caught up in the whole drama behind the scenes of "The View," but I just didn't enjoy it nearly as much as "Find Me," Rosie's first book.
I give Rosie credit for using all kinds of different formats in the book, like blog entires, interviews with the author Lauren Slater and even an e-mail she sent to her brother. In a way, it is a representation of her artwork which is normally a form of collage, with all different kinds of media intertwined with the work.
Another problem I had with the book is that, as a male fan of Rosie's, I felt a little left out. 90% of this book has to do with the bond between women, especially between Rosie and the women she looks to as surrogate mothers or just mother figures.
I hate to be a nay-sayer, but this book just didn't do much for me and it was a let-down.
Book Review: Grossly below expectations
Summary: 1 Stars
I like Rosie O'Donnell, enjoyed her stand-up comedy and talk show, and like her blog. However, this book was a great disappointment. It did not live up to its hype, or even its title. I was expecting a story about how fame can become an addiction, with all the negative consequences, and about the process of "de-toxing" from that addiction. I thought particularly that the story would illustrate the personal growth achieved through that celebrity addiction/de-tox cycle. Sadly, this book includes nothing of the sort.
Rosie mentions (briefly) the difficulty she had when leaving her talk show 5 years ago, but she does not include details that would give the reader an understanding of the emotional journey she went through. In fact, this book is a mash-up of old blog entries, some of her feelings and experiences around the death of her mother, her love for Barbra Steisand, and her difficulties in working with Barbara Walters. The only blessing is that it can be read in one evening, rather than prolonging the reader's agony for days.