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I first read this book nearly 20 years ago. Even with the controversy over whether it‘s a true memoir, it‘s still a reckoning of a story. The intensity, the emotion, the rawness and messy humanity-it all holds up. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Book #93 in 2025

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MysticFaerie

The Dead Inside: A True Story | Cyndy Etler

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3.5⭐️/5⭐️

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ElizaMarie

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

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I enjoyed this one. It was twisty :) I love when I can‘t guess the ending. Also that rehab facility (I mean not the treatment rooms) but the spa and all those other amenities —- I wish I could visit!

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ElizaMarie

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

Father's Day puts me in a funk (miss my daddy) - gonna spend the day cleaning out our laundry room (and organizing that closet)

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Eggs

A Million Little Pieces | James Frey

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Bec_lectic

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

It‘s a good day when you find a good book in the lending library and cover color matches your scrubs!

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook

All Fall Down: A Novel | Jennifer Weiner

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This was my rescue (I guess my sister bought it for Kindle) when I ran out of books on the plane and the flight left at 23:15. I have mixed feelings about Jennifer Weiner's writing but found this quite enjoyable. I could relate somewhat to her difficult child and financial worries though my situation was never that bad. I did want to throttle her while she was in denial and thinking she was so much better than others, though.

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MyNamesParadise

The Clinic: Six troubled celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. | Cate Quinn

so-so

3.5 stars rounded down on Goodreads. I didn‘t really care 4 any of the characters but after a twist near the end maybe that was the point. I generally don‘t read books focused on those suffering from addiction but the premise sounded really good so I gave it a shot. But the pacing wasn‘t consistent & several times almost lost interest. I was able 2 finish it & the story concluded well but I felt indifferent 2 it. I wouldn‘t read the author again.

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dabbe

A Million Little Pieces | James Frey

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The fake memoir that pissed off Oprah Winfrey. 😱

lil1inblue I had totally forgotten all about this controversy! 😨 1y

dabbe @lil1inblue IKR? 🤩😂😱 1y

vivastory I haven't read the book, but what stuck with me from interviews at the time was him saying that nobody would pick it up as a novel. I find that really interesting. 1y

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Eggs I liked this book; read it fairly recently. Hardly ever watched Oprah. 1y

Lesliereadsalot Loved this book when it came out and the sequel too. 1y

dabbe @vivastory I do, too. I'm a much bigger lover of fiction than I am of nonfiction (though I love NF, too). 1y

dabbe @Eggs Would you categorize it as a memoir? Quite a bit of it was embellished or not true. It makes me wonder where the line is between fiction/nonfiction ... a similar discussion occurred when I posted IN COLD BLOOD as #basedontruestory 1y

Kitta Like @Eggs and @Lesliereadsalot I loved this, I found the sequel not as good but still entertaining. I was in a phase at the time of reading memoirs about disasters and drug addiction lol although I would have read it if it had been marketed as fiction or based on a true story. I feel like lying and marketing it as NF ruined his credibility though, he shouldn‘t have lied. It should have been fiction. 1y

Lesliereadsalot @Kitta yes it definitely should‘ve been fiction but it wouldn‘t have slammed me the way it did as non fiction. Totally understand why Oprah was devastated to learn she‘d been lied to. I was shocked but even now I remember how the book made me feel when I read it, even knowing now that it was a lie. 1y

Eggs @dabbe No on memoir…more like historical fiction. I haven‘t researched him, but if he was a tragic addict and embellished his experience , seems still like F. HF writers add/edit history all the time. 1y

dabbe @Eggs @Kitta @Lesliereadsalot Labeling it as HF seems the best way to have gone, but one wouldn't have been as gobsmacked as you said, @Lesliereadsalot. I haven't heard much from him since, so I think this whole episode definitely had a negative impact on his career. 1y

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