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Learned a lot, but a terrible book
I will say, the one good thing about this book is I learned a lot about Bruce/Caitlyn's life, as I hadn't heard of Bruce Jenner except on "Keeping up with Kardashians". I couldn't figure out why he was so famous, but I know of the athletic side of his life so much more now and relationships with other celebrities/ Hollywood.
As far as the negatives go...
1. He's self absorbed and a total blah to read about. It seems in his book the world revolves around him to the point where I rolled my eyes multiple times.
2. He blames everyone else for his problems. I get that he had a lot going on mentally throughout his life, however a lot of the marriages/ kids / situations he just blames on other people, or the situations themselves. Even when he does admit wrongdoing, he doesn't take any action to correct his actions. More of a "Poor Me" situation.
3. He seems to have a love/hate relationship with every wife he had. He blames them for taking too much control and not letting him do what he wants, or understanding him. HOWEVER, it is so frustrating because he never opens up to them or tells them the whole truth (Or he never mentions it). He keeps secrets from his family because of the gender problems. Then they find out about the crossdressing/ gender issues and get upset with him and he doesn't understand why... He causes a lot of his own problems.
4. He only briefly touches on the subject about him being against gay marriage and why. I don't agree with him, but I was hoping to at least read a reasonable argument on why he feels that way as a transgender person. After reading this book I get the feeling that there are some mental issues playing into this reasoning in his head (Almost as if he doesn't see himself as a transgender, but a "True" women?? It's very, very strange).
5. He plays into the female stereotype of pettiness, cattiness, self-absorption, clothes obsession, etc. Almost as if he's trying to mimic what women are supposed to be like?? I found it a little hilarious, and a lot offensive.
