Down the Drain

Great memoir about an actress that I was convinced had a career that started way earlier. Really hard to read in places but was raw and honest, and reminded me of Eve Babitz' LA Woman in a haunting and beautiful way.

She says impending doom like 12 million times and has a tendency to skim through extremely important eras of her life, sometimes within a few lines. But she knows how to write something candid and gritty and hopeful.

Like I said before, I think the pacing of this is a bit awkward. I'm not sure I would've been able to finish it if I wasn't listening to the audiobook (which is exceptional because it's read by her). At times, I felt like we stayed in the same place for far too long or escaped an important part of her history entirely too fast. But at the same time, I think most memoirs are like this. Besides pacing (or maybe what goes hand-in-hand with pacing), is the sheer number of names you have to remember in this. I just started floating through this with no regard for who was who. Maybe this is just a reader comprehension problem though.

I find it really impressive that this has no ghostwriter. Idk what that says about me and my perception of celebs/actors (yea, I'd definitely consider her a celeb), but Julia knows how to write. Her interiority is very much just told to us instead of always shown, but that is definitely in the nature of memoirs.

I don't normally read memoirs, however, this one floored me and I'm still having trouble getting back up. Julia fucking FOX you will forever be a queen in my eyes. Your story, your perseverance, your wisdom is one that I will hold with me forever.

Maybe I'm mean but some people just don't learn

When she said it was a masterpiece she wasn't lying.

I’ve read a few celeb memoirs and I like this one a lot as for a lot of her life she was a real person with a real messy life.

I think some bits were too long and others felt rushed though.

A ballsy and emotional memoir, messy and traumatic and deeply engaging. Count me a Julia Fox fan from now on.

Miss Fox... this book was indeed a masterpiece! It was interesting, well written, and probably one of my favourite celebrity memoirs.