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Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

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heyitsamandarae's review

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emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

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pmhandley's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.5

Really enjoyable. Paulson treats herself with grace without letting herself off the hook for the harm she's done to others. In your head you're constantly thinking "well she has to get out NOW" but she sinks further in and feels trapped. Almost couldn't believe
the getting a DUI in her new car, the night of her car party.
I do wish the ties to white supremacy were articulated better. Not because I'm skeptical (I totally can believe MLMs uphold white supremacy and a specific image of white, Christian womanhood) but because Paulson asserts it a lot without deeper analysis. I got the feeling it was a more academic area that wasn't really in her wheelhouse for a memoir. Nonetheless, her criticism of larger power structures in the context of her MLM isn't talked about enough and I thought it was valuable that she pointed it out throughout her story.
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amsswim's review

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

I liked this one. Easy to read/listen to and follow the journey she went through. As this is a topic I am very interested in, I knew a lot of the information already but there were still some new facts or perspectives I hadn't considered. This is more of a personal story and perspectives with facts rather than a strict non-fiction book, which isn't bad just worth pointing out. Would recommend to most people. Liked the content but the writing style was not really for me.
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topfenknoedel's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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mondovertigo's review against another edition

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emotional informative lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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miss__manga__'s review

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informative fast-paced

3.0

Way too long and repetitive. Every chapter was “I realised it was bad but told myself I was being silly”. And then when she finally listened to herself she’s like “I’ll coast on other people to get paid instead of quitting”, this was despite being unsatisfied with her job and the industry and knowing people in her company were terrible and that she was consistently benefiting off of the work of other people who were struggling. 

There was a lot of “these schemes don’t allow anyone who isn’t white upper middle class to succeed” but I don’t think she fully acknowledged or understands how much she harmed those below her and how terrible she was. This was definitely written to make herself look reflective and inclusive but it doesn’t seem like she’s actually done a lot of reflection to how she harassed others into essentially going into debt and her inclusiveness seems surface level. 

She discusses a lot of issues about how these schemes are bad but never with depth or thorough analysis. A lot of surface level arguments. This book needed to decide if it wanted to be factual or a memoir - the mix did not work.

I’m also confused because she mentioned Facebook still being smallish at the start but then she doesn’t quit until the pandemic? But the time line didn’t seem to add up with the amount of years she worked…

If this had been chopped in half I would have liked it more, but the repetition got to the point where I was listening at over double speed. 
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blueowl2ivy's review against another edition

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4.0

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moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Hey Hun takes you through the author's story as she rose through the ranks of an MLM while discussing research on such groups. You get an insider look at the organization from Paulson and quotes from others who have left similar groups, while also seeing data about what these orgs actually look like monetarily and politically. There is also a lot of discussion about how some of these groups fit into frameworks made to identify cults, as well as the insidious role of white supremacy in the very structure of these groups. 

A big part that I wasn't expecting but was interesting to hear about the author's experience with alcoholism and recovery (and makes just so much sense considering, not just the MLM culture but "wine mom" culture more broadly). This was a really entertaining and informative book! I listened to it on audiobook, narrated by the author.
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lindsayerin's review against another edition

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dark informative slow-paced

2.75

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