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Beauty, Dis-Rupted (2000)

by Carre Otis(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 3

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review 1: Amazingly, I actually finished this book, even thought I disliked it throughout. Carre Otis was one of the super models of my adolescence, so I thought it would be interesting to read about her life. While it was eye-opening to learn about exactly how horribly models were (possibly still are?) treated by the fashion industry, and what a hideous monster Mickie Rourke was (and no doubt still is), Otis's narrative reveals itself to be the same as we hear from many celebrities: misunderstood and outcast as children, they rebel and break away from their families, take up risky lifestyles, enter into dysfunctional relationships with abusive people, wallow in destructive behavior patters for a time, treat the people who truly love them badly, find salvation, loose salvation, f... moreind it again, and write a book about it. Perhaps I'm too well-adjusted and normal to appreciate a "battling-my-own-deamons" narrative. Overall, I found the book uninspiring.
review 2: I would give this 3 1/2 stars if able to*. I read this model memoir at a rapid pace. Ultimately, it left me feeling sad. Carre Otis survived a terrible childhood that included rape and abuse, became an insanely successful model, endured more rape and abuse, and became a drug addict. She also fell madly in love with Mickey Rourke. It seems like quite a few of her recollections are hazy and she skips a lot of details. Suddenly, she'll mention having dogs, but doesn't mention getting them, or writes about how much she chain smoked, but never mentions quitting...anyway, I can't imagine her memory is all that clear after years of hardcore cocaine and heroin abuse. This lends to several gaps in her storytelling/recounting of her life. After getting sober in Mexico thanks to a Rourke sponsored detox, she became addicted to Tibetan Buddhism. Otis seems like a decent person and now has a new, sober husband and two kids, so it's nice to know she is doing okay. It is really quite sad how much the modeling industry, fame and money can lead a person to such tragic consequences. She is really quite lucky to have survived. *Bonus 1/2 star for a random Tupac Shakur cameo. less

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