Reviews for Falling Into Manholes: The Memoir of a Bad/Good Girl

The average rating for Falling Into Manholes: The Memoir of a Bad/Good Girl based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-02-19 00:00:00 James Durall Not a deep read, but an entertaining look at one woman's struggle to find herself after an eating disorder, alcoholism, and addiction to men. Lest you think it will be one of those whiny look-at-what-my-parents-did- to- me- and- my- life- sucks memoirs, know that she's actually entertaining & funny if a bit too much at times. I enjoyed reading it, did it in 2 nights, and it was a nice escape. I even gained one or two nuggets of wisdom from what she had to say.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-08-12 00:00:00 Bryan Compton Plain and simple, this book sucks! It's not the type of book I would normally buy,so I thought a friend might have given it to me to read. After the first night I thought I'd give it another try to see if anything developed. Second night I thought "I'll give it one more try." Last night was it. The whole book is a therapy session for her. Constant "If I do this, does it mean that?" "Am I afraid of this, or am I trying to avoid that?" Arghh. She also constantly quotes definitions out of the dictionary that take up half a page or more! NOTHING of real value about her life is in the book. No real, concrete experiences. She just "mentions" important life moments, but they never developed. The book is about her fear of commitment, and I'd say she had a fear to commit to this book.