PositiveThe Times (UK)With Love, Pamela Anderson reliably delivers. There is unselfconscious name-dropping of showbiz mates — Elton John, Eminem, Vivienne Westwood, Amy Winehouse — and outlandish, OTT Hollywood extravagance ... \'Reclaiming the narrative\' has become a bit of a tiring trope...but Love, Pamela grinds no axe, seeks to settle no scores and apportions no blame ... But Anderson’s breezy, gracious acceptance isn’t the book’s only surprise. She wrote it herself ... And she can turn a decent, if somewhat whimsical phrase.
Will Smith and Mark Manson
MixedThe Times (UK)... [a] 412-page personal unburdening ... Those early years are the subject of some of the most vivid and compelling pages, endearing in their innocence and authenticity ... his chapters covering his superstardom years are a lot less fun (Hollywood studio sets are sterile places) than reading about his times in small, sweaty underground hip-hop clubs ... His drive and ambition is admirable, as is his level of honesty and self-awareness, but, if we’re using the hero’s journey as our template, there appears to be little real atonement ... There is introspection and revelation, but in spite of understanding his own addiction to \'more, more, more\' — more money, more fame, more success — he has also written a memoir that is likely to bring all three ... Despite all the therapy and shamanic rituals, Smith does not reveal much to his readers. For instance, he makes only vague and fleeting references to his open marriage with Pinkett-Smith, the source of years of media speculation.
