For readers seeking juice from celebrity memoirs, Porizkova doesn’t scrimp ... In No Filter, a taut 240-page memoir-in-digestible-essays, Porizkova dips into a collection of expected topics for a veteran model. There are hardly revolutionary arguments on aging ... and her tallness, although 'there is no height difference in bed' proves a delightful kicker. Porizkova relies too often on clunky, drawn-out metaphors, likening grief to a bout of food poisoning or hope to an elusive source of light, like catching a firefly ... The memoir truly comes alive — in style and substance — when Porizkova smashes the facade of her glamorous marriage to Ocasek ... Porizkova walks a delicate line, capturing their complicated marriage and its many conflicting truths.
Porizkova sheds her public persona and speaks up for herself ... Fans looking for celebrity gossip won’t find it here. Instead, this is a candid retrospective about what Porizkova has learned and the many things she wishes she had known earlier. An honest and engaging writer, Porizkova comes across as wise, experienced, and relatable.
The occasional repetitiveness and fairly haphazard organization of these essays make the book feel unpolished, but its raw honesty will appeal to Porizkova’s many fans ... A flawed but well-intentioned self-examination.
