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Demi Moore
Positive The Times (UK) ... astonishingly candid ... rockets along ... Moore can be wonderfully wry ... There is an awful lot crammed into these 304 pages, and a smidge more room to breathe would have been welcome. Nevertheless, it’s a fabulously frank and well-written book and, after such a roller coaster of a ride, one finds oneself in awe of Moore for determinedly clinging on.
Rachel Deloache Williams
Positive The Times (UK) ... paints a fascinating picture of an eccentric egomaniac who rails against all authority ... A large chunk of the book is taken up with the author fruitlessly begging Sorokin for her money back. Her stomach-churning anxiety as she struggles to stay afloat practically seeps off the page. The inclusion of the increasingly desperate text conversations between her and her deceiver increase the tension, too ... For those who have wolfed down every instalment of the saga, the trial is familiar territory ... Of course this is not Sorokin’s side of the story and therefore pressing questions cannot be answered ... Williams isn’t the easiest person to sympathise with. She confesses that the \'easy materialism\' of Sorokin’s world was \'seductive\' but you long for a bit more self-awareness ... Regardless of the book’s shortcomings and the jurors’ verdict, in the end Williams has done well out of falling under Sorokin’s spell.
Marianne Power
Positive The Times (UK) Those allergic to me, me, me millennial moaning might want to steer clear, as Help Me! is, inevitably, rather self-indulgent. However, there are plenty of reasons to like Power, not least because of her frequent awareness that she’s \'getting lost up my own navel-gazing behind\' ... The strength of this debut lies in its funniness ... The book does teeter towards the gimmicky...However, by the time she confronts the root of why she has no savings and is terrified of the opposite sex, she has won the reader over ... The book could have been slightly shorter, but it has a nice balance of poignancy and mockery ... No one could accuse Power of holding back ... Yes, she gets cheesy and American about self-acceptance and female friendships, but you can’t help hoping her \'nutty self-help bubble\' pays off.