Down the Drain

I have thoughts I will get to later....

OKAY! So. I have conflicted feelings about giving a rating on personal works such as memoirs or autobiographies, especially when this celebrity memoir is so gritty and personal, so I won't give one here. I am honestly ashamed that I only knew about Julia Fox through her relationship with Kanye West, I think she is such an interesting personality who has had such an interesting life that I feel ashamed for reducing her to that relationship. Fox has obviously been through a lot, and it has obviously shaped who she is. I like how Fox did not hold back, less because I liked the morbid nature of her experiences, more because it reflected the ongoing theme of reclaiming your voice/power. I realize now Julia Fox is a persona, and you can definitely feel that with how little analysis Fox gives to her own experiences. Speaking of which, this is something I would've loved to have more of. This memoir feels less like an exploration of one's life and more like word vomit? Fox doesn't delve more into what she goes through besides XYZ. In a way, it feels like gossip. While I think this was a creative choice, and it allowed readers to project their own interpretation (which, again, is on brand: Julia Fox wants you to know Julia Fox, whatever you think she may be), it is not what I'm personally looking for in a memoir. I had a lot of questions about how Fox felt about her tumultuous life growing up. What does she think now as an adult about how others failed her as a child? She obviously has a complex relationship with her father despite her dedication to him in her memoir, and not to pry and say I wanted every detail about what went wrong/or right, but I think this memoir could've benefitted from some re-examining/ reflection, especially as one grows into maturity.

Either way, this was good!