The Half of It: A Memoir

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I want to begin this review by stating that I will not review the contents of a memoir, because it is someone’s life. It made me feel like i was spilling all of my thoughts to someone who could relate to me on a very intimate level.

Paul sees Ellie off at the train platform and tells her that his sausages have received good reviews, and that he will keep visiting her father.

i’ve seen a few reviews which say they wish there was more depth here, but madison is only 24 and has a lot of life left to live, so we can’t really expect wealths of wisdom, and i don’t think that’s her intention with this book anyway. For me, that's even more valuable than just finding your other half; it's finding a part of yourself along the way. I'm not sure if she'll ever read this, but I really hope that this entire writing process served as some kind of healing for her and I pray that she is in a much better place right now. Madison released the single 'Home To Another One' in June, which has already had more than 17 million streams on Spotify.

I think that, along with using this book primarily to reflect on her experiences, is why she doesn't go as deep or descriptive as others in their memoirs. I love how the book was formatted with all the prompts, journals, and fan questions and I'm pretty sure I annotated so much of the book. Of course she acknowledges the fact that fame is the common denominator in most of her mental issues, but I really appreciated the humane approach she took in terms of the problems and the obstacles she faced.I know someone who was pushed into the public sphere at a young age, at an even smaller scale than Madison. Ellie's English teacher encourages her to apply to Grinnell College, but Ellie plans to stay in Squahamish, despite being unhappy there, because she does not want to leave her father. And it made me angry with the way young women are treated in the US, especially those who have a platform. After a game, mistakenly believing they both have developed feelings for each other, Paul attempts to kiss Ellie, but she rejects him.

A Netflix executive asked her why she wrote the film, She thought to herself "Oh, those people are not going to go to the theater to watch this movie but in the privacy of their own home… they might press play. He asks Paul if he has ever loved someone so much, that he did not want to change anything about them. Through sharing the highs and lows of her journey, Beer resonates deeply with an audience that looks to her as more of a friend than as an untouchable celebrity. Another thing I also loved about this book was the incorporation of the journal prompts because it felt like I had the opportunity to look back upon my life, my choices, my thoughts and my feelings and then put them on paper so that I can get some kind of satisfaction and healing.UK fans were delighted to finally be able to get their hands on Madison's book - but they also made a demand. After reading the book, I empathize with Madison’s experience and her anger and hurt are valid, but it got a little repetitive and I found myself skimming a lot of the 160 pages.

Every chapter is so far detached from the actual events of her life, as if the reader should be able to picture everything that happened to her, as if I should already know what she's talking about and just listen to her thoughts about it. I'd sacrifice true happiness if it meant avoiding true sadness"I'm not going to trauma-dump on you, but as someone who has been through terrible depressive episodes, some of Madison's lines felt straight out of my brain when I was going through them.For Madison the element of her story that I think could be understood with more empathy is that she had this universal experience exacerbated by the pressure of fame. g. her insecurities, red flags) but maybe that's just because after reading her memoir, i now want to sit down with her and have a conversation about mental health and life experiences. I laughed, I cried, and felt honoured that she chose to share such a vulnerable aspect of her life with the world.