Sometimes You Just Need Some Good Gossip: Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures & Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny

Was anyone as obsessed with The Girls Next Door as me and my high school friends were in the mid-aughts? We loved this show! My favorite was Bridget (obviously), then Kendra (the fun one with a Corgi!), and coming in last was the very un-fun and super boring Holly. Nothing against her she was very pretty and seemed to really love that old bag of skin called their boyfriend, but I never really connected with her. As a child of the 90s Supermodels were role models. I thought everyone grew up to be Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington, because that's who was always in TV commercials or on magazine covers. I would say reality stars and playboy bunnies were kind of the natural progression of not only my shallowness, but as my "role models". Hence the obsession me and my girlfriend's shared for this damn show.

Flash forward 10 years and the most boring member of the pack writes a juicy memoir. Should I read

it? Well I do love me some memoirs, and the cover was pink. Sooo here we go!

A former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner describes how her years inside the Playboy Mansion went from a fairytale of A-list celebrity parties to an oppressive regime of strict rules, scheduled sex, and a total loss of identity, so much so that she even contemplated suicide.

Let me first say, this was a very good read. Yes, it was written probably all by a ghost writer, but honestly unless you're a celeb who went to Columbia and studied in their along English department I don't expect you to be writing your own autobiography. And yes, I'm sure they're are other great literary programs out there that was just the first that popped into my head. What I was looking for from this read was some good 'ol dirt. I've read Kendra's book and it wasn't that great. She just really trashed Holly and talked about doing drugs at 13. In fairness Holly talked a little bit about Kendra and her time there, but I feel like Holly didn't really trash her. Actually I don't really care o get into it, but I believe everything Holly says and nothing Kendra does.

Turns out it the playboy mansion isn't as glamorous as you'd think. For instance the carpet is littered with animal urine stains and Hef refuses to change it. Uh why? If you allow people to have pets, why don't you have a trainer on staff or make people train their pets? And why isn't the staff cleaning up after the pets?? It's rather perplexing. Holly also talked about Hef and his manipulation of everyone in the mansion. Now that I absolutely believe. He's a rich older man that pays hot blondes to be his girlfriend's, he's gotta do something to make it interesting.  It was kinda like survivor, just in Holmby Hills. 

Something I appreciate about this book is that Holly didn't spend a boatload of time on her childhood. Unless you've got something interesting that happened, please don't share. I don't want to hear about how you got made fun of for your nose in middle school. Everyone did! You're not unique! I also liked that Holly had a dream and along the way she got lost a little bit. That was her main reason for going to California and then she got desperate and wrapped up in a bad relationship. That's something relate-able for a lot of people.

I liked her bits about Criss Angel, who is beyond creepy in my opinion. I'm not a fan of his, he looks kind of greasy, and this juice on him was fantastic. I can totally see him being a complete jerk and a total control freak. After Angel she met another millionaire and ended up marrying him. I kind of feel like she could be a gold-digger, or she could just hit the jackpot with boyfriends? I don't think there is really a lot about anything except dirt on other people. I know that she felt depressed for awhile while both living in the mansion and in Vegas. I applaud her for talking about that and perhaps she was able to help someone. I feel like there isn't a whole lot to this book or this review, but to be honest it was a decent read and I enjoyed it. 

Was this book Chaucer? No it was like a more in-depth InStyle piece, but still entertaining. I don't think here was anything I disliked , besides maybe the length. It was almost 400 pages , which was a bit much for someone in their 30s. That could've been toned down a bit  I think it's a solid B read if you like Holly or was a fan of The Girls Next Door, or you just like celebrity trash like I do. She has a second book which I'm interested in reading, mostly for more dirt. Kind of seems like a mommy book though, so I may skip. Who knows!

That's all for now!