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darkhorse488's review
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
3.5
I have been watching a LOT of Top Chef lately and figured I would give Padma’s memoir a try that I bought on a Kindle sale for $1.99. I appreciated Padma’s candor and willingness to own her own faults and speak to some of the most difficult moments in her life (a controlling and borderline abusive step-father and ex-husband, her endometriosis, and her grief over a lover who died too soon.) She definitely has some very negative qualities on display notably her vanity and her deep attraction to much older men with a lot of money and power, but she owns these fault and doesn’t pretend to be a better person to get others to like her. I found this pretty admirable.
She’s a very good writer particularly when talking about food or her lover Teddy. I also enjoyed many of the passages about her childhood growing up in India.
My only complaint is really how much this memoir meandered. At times I felt lost because we sometimes go through big time jumps back and forth between different paragraphs and I felt a bit rudderless, but overall I enjoyed this and found it much deeper and more revealing than I expected for a celebrity memoir.
She’s a very good writer particularly when talking about food or her lover Teddy. I also enjoyed many of the passages about her childhood growing up in India.
My only complaint is really how much this memoir meandered. At times I felt lost because we sometimes go through big time jumps back and forth between different paragraphs and I felt a bit rudderless, but overall I enjoyed this and found it much deeper and more revealing than I expected for a celebrity memoir.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse
akswhy's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Come for the recipes, stay for the vivid and honest descriptions of heartbreak and grief.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Infertility, Death, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse
julianimal's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy
carlytenille's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
An honest and surprising memoir
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault
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