Celebrity Detox

Rosie does a brilliant job with this book, touching from subject to subject. It flows together so nicely afterward you feel like you just sat down and had a cup of coffee with her and she related these stories to you in conversation. She makes celebritydom a reality, and not just a fantasy. She shows the good and the bad. She expresses things I've wanted to express and never found the words for. I did a lot of highlighting in this book. She is definitely one of the most down-to-earth people who has ever made it to television. Through all the chaos, judgements, media frenzies, she's managed to keep hold of what matters. I adore her in everything she does, and this book only confirmed that for me.

As far as celebrity memoirs/autobiographies go, this one seemed to just fall flat. I don't think it accomplished it's intended goal, which, if you believe the blurbs on the cover, is that it "...illuminates not only what it's like to be a celebrity, but also what it's like to be a mother, a daughter, a leader, a friend, a sister, a wife...in short, a human being."

I am all of the things described by the blurb (well, obviously not a celebrity!), and yet, I simply didn't feel that this book resonated with me. Maybe I had unreasonable expectations, but I had hoped that while writing about how she is just a normal person, who got wrapped up in the celebrity game, she would show how there is a commonality between me, a heterosexual wife and show more mother in Texas, to her, a homosexual wife and mother in California; unfortunately, I just didn't feel that connection. show less

Very Exposed and Raw. I admire her for showing the reader her soul. Few celebrities who write the story of themselves give me anything more than a peek into there world. Rosie gave me the front row on opening night.

Reflective, insight-full, timely book about the experience of being a celebrity. It is not a difficult read; value for effort expended: HIGH.

This story is about Rosie O'Donnell's life. It covers everything from her mother's death to the feud on The View. I thought this book was a bit ho-hum for me. I didn't really like all the blogging breaks that she took in the story and she had quite a number of hang ups in the book. I give it a C!

If you like celebrity bios and are interested in Rosie & the View this book is for you. It gives insights into what makes Rosie tick and why she didn't fit with the View crew.

A surprisingly deep and unflinchingly honest book.