I've lost my faith in Oprah
933082
I will admit that I am an Oprah fan and have read (or tried to read) every book that she has chosen.  There have been a couple that I couldn't manage to muddle through and how I got through this one is beyond me.  Maybe her promise that the last part of the book would be worth it.  The book starts out very good then goes downhill from there.  Sure, the action picks up at the end but it is sort of unbelievable.  Am I the only one that noticed the authors preoccupation with breath?  C'mon - that sort of detail is o.k. but in one part of the book I think we know the status of the breath of 3 characters in 2 or 3 pages.  There is tea breath, tea and sugar breath, cigarette breath, alcohol and cigarette breath, etc.  Enough of the breath.  If you are looking for a good book to curl up with, ignore this one.  It is hard to get into to and most of the plot is unbelievable.
498484
This book has no redeeming value.  Just when you think the main character may escape from her abusive environment, she is placed in another one.  Although I am extremely sympathetic to the plight of abused women, I see no  reason to read a book about the continued abuse of an individual.
This  was the book that put me in the "no Oprah book club".  I pretty  much know if Oprah recommends a book, it will focus on abuse.  Although  Oprah herself has certainly managed to overcome her abusive background, she  does not seem to select books where the characters even have a hope of  overcoming their abusive backgrounds.  While I do not want to only read  books with happy endings, neither do I want to read books that leave me  feeling that there is no hope in this world.
315656
This lady lies to make money. It makes me just throw up when she just lies in the Jodi Arias case.

This lady is a shame to all battered women.
4751642
Again because I have an opinion based on having watched her on TV I wass loking forward to the book and very disappointed. It's all gone to her head.
3403630
I recieved this book as a Christmas gift, and was actually in anticipation of reading it. I am an epileptic and am always searching for understanding and people to relate to. So of course, Amy seemed to be the right author to go to!

Wrong.

After the two chapters, I became sorely disappointed. Disrespectful, whining, spoiled, bratty, and in desperate need of a thunk on the forehead. Wake up, Amy! Appreciate life! As I turned the pages of this book, I became increasingly weary of her moaning about her lack of will to live, her search for sympathy, but upon recieving it, repelling it. I was tired of her talk of subtle suicide threats. ESPECIALLY the disregard and disrespect aimed at healthcare professionals. These people worked long and hard to keep her alive, to understand how her body would take medications and a new heart, just so that she could enjoy a few more years on this earth. Ridiculous that she can't at least lay back and let a nurse put an IV in her arm without uttering curse words.

She's had so much opportunity in the gift of life she's been given. I cannot believe how little she's made of it.

What can I say? I'm disappointed.
2667311
Kim used to be a wonderful author...then she decided to get political and publicly insult half her readership. If I could get my money back from all her books I previously purchased I would as while I agree with her right to free speech, we also have rights as consumers not to support her or her views.
314755
I had never heard of Iyanla until I saw her recent interview on Oprah.  I bought the book because I thought it would be an inspiring story about recovering from failure.  I now realize that there is a lot to be said about the talent of an interviewER.  I'm rather surprised (and scared) to learn that people actually paid for this kind of information... or rather... "inner visions."  An open mic and an empty head are never a good combination.

I feel bad for the people who worked with her in the past - especially Bill - who probably tried their best to pull that crazy train into the station.  Maybe they should have used the team from the failed "Iyanla Show" to help edit the book.  It was a rambling mess.  Pass on this one!
4382978
I am disappointed, I have read all her book and the last two she has released have been extremely disappointing. The beginning of the story was fantastic until Edilyn died and then I was bored to tears. It chopped and changed so much that I felt like I was reading multiple stories and forgot the main storyline. In the end of the book it was so brief that you wondered if the author was in a rush to publish it. I'm extremely disappointed in the last two books that now I have lost my faith in her.
1309540
After seeing Ms. Ephron on the Oprah show, I was led to believe this book would make me laugh and get over my own worry about aging...Instead, it made me sad and I felt melancholy for days after reading it..It was an ok book, about how much money she had and divorce and death, not at all what I thought it was...Definitely not the typical American women that I am familiar with.
571014
This is all Oprah's fault.  Poor James Frey he didn't want Oprah to support his book and for 3 gazillion people to read it and look into some of his stories.  He was just trying to publish his little book.

Keep your head up James....don't turn to the crack.  In fact you'll probably write a memoir on THIS experience and sell a couple of copies.
1593293
It is not clear that she is at all enlightened. I quit watching after about 7 episodes, as she so lacked social intelligence, that she almost purposefully seemed to offend all the people around her. My only hope was that maybe the co-worder who rescued one of her books on enlightenment from the trash, might become enlightened---and thus the real star of the show. Or----maybe she really does step out of her own head to take a look at herself, and become more enlightened over time. I did love all the people who were cast around her.
2796864
I think it's time to hang up the holier than thou attitude of Heather and her obnoxious side kick. It's a shame I can't get my money back.
1550512
I thought this book might be in the same category as one of Oprah's books where a character overcomes a hard life but holy moly, this life is ridiculous. Every single aspect of every part of this character's life is horrific. I couldn't get more than halfway through this book, it was pure torture. Maybe she pulls out a win at the end but I have no idea how that would be possible when the horrible people in her life include: her grandfather, her grandmother, her mother, her babysitter, her babysitter's father, her best friend's uncle..... What a total waste of time even reading half of this!
1555046
Years ago I really liked Michael Moore because he was fair and balanced in his approach to any topic, and he was always honest and you could depend on anything he said.  But, sadly (at least for me), all of that has changed.  He has completely lost his ability to be fair and balanced, and is so extremely focused on pushing his ideas and beliefs on other people that it is sad.  I will never again buy/use/watch anything by Michael Moore.
3681325
I wanted to cry when I put this book down because I miss the Danielle Steele that wrote 'Thurston House', 'Family Circle' and others.  For years now I have felt that she is simply putting out books because she is contractually obligated to by her publishers.  I really feel like her heart just isn't in it anymore.  She has become very idiosyncratic and predictable.  Every book has her main character 'being honest.' I keep reading because I am a loyal Danielle Steele fan and I write this in hopes she'll read it and either decide she is writing because she loves it (like she once did) or decide to retire and let us love her through her earlier works.  This book was just awful.
341814
As a long-time fan of Kate, Jon and the Gosselin kids, I was really intrigued by this book and the alleged abuse Kate dishes out to her kids. Maybe I'm naive, maybe I'm only believing what I want to believe, but I have a really hard time believing everything Kate is accused of. The stuff about Kate injecting herself with fertility drugs and striving for a family of multiples so she can get rich and famous just doesn't wash with me. Looking back at old videos of a young Kate with Jon, I think she was a normal young mother just trying to get by. When she found fame and fortune it changed her. There's no denying she's a different woman these days. She's selfish, self-absorbed and her treatment of Jon and the kids at times is and was unforgiveable. I'm just not sure I buy into the extent of what Hoffman is claiming. As others have said, his claims may have more credibility if he had hired a proofreader. There are a lot of repetition and spelling errors in the book.

Whether the events in the book are true or not, I think we can all agree that the Gosselin's kids safety and happiness is the most important thing in this sorry tale. I pray the rest of their childhoods are normal and healthy and that they go on to get whatever they want out of life.
695435
What I once found enlightening, I now find offensive. Payne does not back up her claims with any valid research and paints an ugly picture of those living in poverty. Payne illustrates those living in poverty as criminals with low morals and typically as minorities. I am ashamed that my school district wastes so much money on her books.