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Summary: A Whole Lotta Wendy
Review: I didn't buy this book expecting War & Peace; I bought it because I used to listen to her show in New York and I was nosy. Sue me.
Ms. Williams is an extremely provocative radio personality with a tremendous on air energy and fearlessness and I had hoped to find out in her book how she came to be such a person. I'd also hoped she would provide a Zelig-like look at the evolution of hip hop. This is where the book disappoints. Ms. Williams is heartbreakingly candid, especially on the subjects of her miscarriages, her struggle to have a child and her husband's infidelity, but she offers little insight as to what drove her to excel in radio, other than a strong desire to hide her cocaine addiction and show up to work on time. She seems to have no real opinions about the nature of hip hop and its impact on her career and popular culture. Still, her folksy, breezy writing is like a book version of her show and fans should find it enjoyable.
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Summary: OVERCOMING PERSONAL PROBLEMS TO SUCCEED
Review: I have seen Wendy on VH1, and I did not know that she had overcome so many personal problems--drug addiction, miscarriages, etc. etc. She is interesting to me because she is a mixture of upper class and street. She will say "to whom" and "not this nor that" and then she will also use language such as the B word and the N word. If you like Joan Rivers, you will like Wendy's In Your Face style. I was touched by her tales of being a Big Body Girl and her miscarriages. And what she has had to do to make it (stuck in traffic--park her car and WALK thru the Lincoln Tunnel.) Buy this book and enjoy it for what it is -- real life soap-opera fun.
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Summary: A Junkyard on Paper!
Review: Her miscarriage aside, it's hard to have any sympathy for Wendy Williams after reading this book. It essentially tells the story of a spoiled middle-class brat whose parents bail her out of (almost) all of her self-inflicted problems. The only thing positive that anyone can get from reading this book would be if they changed the title to a more suitable, "BOYS AND GIRLS-DO NOT FOLLOW ME!"
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Summary: and I'm NOT hating!
Review: Now since I have had the pleasure of meeting Miss Wendy in person, and know a little something about her career and life, this read would be great. The cover of the book lost me. This is largely due to the fact that I know Wendy is a business woman and have seen her in action. She's tough, but soft and so I couldnt understand why this cover was "a go"with the publisher / stylist / whomever. Wendy's mind is much more attractive than the photo they used, and to be honest, the photo does not do her justice (meaning: I've seen better pictures of Wendy). so the cover gave me that yucky taste in my mouth. The book. No it wasnt written like some of Karen Hunters other projects, but how can you "white collar" Wendy's life? She was a drug addict, her husband cheated all over her and she STILL took him back, when she gets on the radio and tells women to leave their cheating husbands, etc. I thought the "stand by my man" part was due to the fact that her husband was enough man for her to love that she began to love herself and so my initial thought of wendy being a hypocrite, flew out the window once I completed that area of the book. I respect her on that. I felt that Wendy could have went a bit deeper in certain areas and feel as though the book was stretched out a bit as far as pages are concerned. Also, The fact that it seems as though the book was written so people would dislike her. This book is getting three stars because I KNOW wendy was not the writer, but this is a clear example of what happens when you allow someone else to tell your story. I think the marketing aspect of her "wendy's got the heat"book is what is making this book sell and I guess at the end of the day, that's what REALLY counts to the publisher and not substance. I say...go out and buy it if you want to support one of the most talented radio personalities, that would be nice.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: I neither love nor loath Wendy Williams. I don't live in NYC so I don't get to listen to her show everyday, but I have caught it a few times and I was always shocked by what I heard. When I heard about her writing an autobiography I figured I'd check it out. The book itself is pretty good. Since I don't listen to her regularly, everything in this book was relatively new to me. I had no idea that she was a coke addict and that she had had so much trouble conceiving her son, Kevin. Overall, the book was pretty good. Some moments had me laughing, but the rest kept me glued to the book. It's a very easy read and one should be able to finish it in a couple of days. While most of the book was interesting, the end started to drag. Wendy devoted what seemed like three chapters to her husband's cheating on her, including a chapter where he gives his side of the story. Hearing about that was interesting once, but having to continue to read about it for a couple of chapters just became redundant and boring. Another thing I didn't like was the cover of the book. One would think they could get a better picture of her, but I'm sure she knew what she would look like, so more power to her. Wendy Williams does give some good advice to those who want to achieve success. Even though many people disagree with what she does and says on the radio, I have to respect her for her drive and determination. It was that drive that got her to where she is today. I would suggest this book to fans of Wendy Williams and to people who are curious about this entity of New York radio. "Do the d*mn thing!"
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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: I read this book because I thought Wendy would be more candid in her biography than she is on her show. Not true. She dishes more dirt on the airwaves than she does in this book. On her show, she drop names like hot oil from a skillet, but now that she has the forum to talk about herself, she clams up on the definite details about most of her relationships, even her former husband's name (like this isn't something that's printed in a court record somewhere). Everything is someone else's fault (like her weight problems were because of her perfect parents, and her first husband was jealous of her, and her leaving NYC for Philly was the fault of high-powered record company executive). The only thing she owns up to was her cocaine habit, and the way she talks about that is as if it was a reasonable ordinary thing to do - no thought of rehab?? All that being said, this book was semi-entertaining and could be a valuable learning tool in the right hands. Ladies, give this book to your teen daughters and teach them a case study in how ugly it looks to be completely self-centered, spoiled, selfish, addictive, vain (plastic surgery vs. healthy exercise), potty-mouthed, rich, indecent, and unrestrained. In other words, this is the textbook on how to be an upper-class chickenhead. The only saving grace (and the reason for the one star) is her touching description of experiencing an affair and sticking with her marriage in spite of the infidelity.
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Summary: Don't Bother... !('Just Us Girls' Book Club)
Review: The ladies of 'Just Us Girls' Book Club reviewed Wendy's book in October '03. At times, Wendy was too in-depth but left the most important parts out (two sides to a story but we only read Wendy's side). The group also felt Wendy came across as a shallow person. Her story was repetitive as it related to her drug abuse. The story also lacked specific details and actual names.
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Summary: I Loved It
Review: It took a lot of guts for Wendy to tell
the world about her drug problems and I
applaud her for it.
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Summary: IT WAS OK
Review: I CAN APPRECIATE AN ARTIST WHO CAN GIVE SUCH EXPLICIT DETAILS OF THEIR PERSONAL LIFE. IT WAS A GOOD BOOK. I GOT TO GIVE IT TO HER SHE OVERCAME SOME HARD TIMES. I GIVE HER PROPS FOR OVERCOMING HER ADDICTION BY HERSELF. I WISH THAT ALOT OF OTHER ADDICTS COULD BE AS STRONG.
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Summary: Love Wendy
Review: I loved this book. It was nice to have a peek into her real life. You know how you love some famous person and want to know what they have been through and what their personal life it like. Well Wendy did that in this book. She opened up and showed people who she really is. I enjoyed reading it because I was able to see where she came from and the type of person that she is. I listen to her almost everyday and never in a million years would I expect her to be the person that she shows she is in this book. Not to say that I expected any less. I love Wendy and I think that it takes alot of guts to write this type of book because of how personal she got. She is always talking about everyone else's life and gossip, it was nice to get a personal look at her own life.
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