Only Say Good Things
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4.0 • 227 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • AN APPLE BOOKS STAFF PICK AND AUDIBLE EDITORS SELECT• ONE OF PEOPLE'S BEST CELEBRITY MEMOIRS OF 2024 • NAMED A BEST BOOK TO READ THIS JANUARY BY THE GLOSS
From a former Playboy Playmate, an unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s stolen young adulthood, and her journey to self-acceptance–plus a rare look inside Hugh Hefner’s final days.
Crystal Harris’ life changed forever when she was just twenty-one and attended a party at the notorious Playboy mansion. Picked out of the crowd by Hugh Hefner, Crystal Harris became one of his infamous “girlfriends,” attending glamorous Hollywood parties and traveling the world. But being Hef’s number one girlfriend came at the cost of Crystal’s identity outside her role in the Playboy universe, and she grew increasingly restless to understand who she truly was away from what she saw as Playboy’s toxic culture. Hef controlled his girlfriends with strict rules regarding everything from their hair and makeup to their curfews, forcing them to compete with one another as part of a highly hierarchal system.
Only Say Good Things provides a fascinating look behind the scenes at a powerful cultural icon and brand, and an empowering perspective on hard-won lessons about who we allow to determine our value.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We’ve heard stories about life in the Playboy Mansion, but we’ve never gotten such piercing insights into the darkness that underscored Hugh Hefner’s fantasy world. In her penetrating memoir, Hef’s late-in-life wife, Crystal, talks about the painful childhood experiences that left her desperate to seek validation by joining Hef’s harem of live-in girlfriends and submitting to the media mogul’s controlling rules about money, curfews, and group sex. Despite its title, Only Say Good Things is full of bombshells, from Hef’s drug addiction to the dilapidated mansion’s staggering black mold problem. Hefner narrates the audiobook with a matter-of-fact style that’s downright moving. This may be the first time a Playboy insider has fully opened up about the brand’s dark side.
Customer Reviews
Age old story.
Nothing to see here. Another poor woman justifying why they are with an older, rich, abusive man.
Only Say Things That Fit My Personal Narrative
This is hard to listen to. The author has clearly written this book in response to the general public’s understanding of the last few years of Hef’s life. The switch between narrative painting and explicit details triggers the inauthentic tone of it all. The author failed to consider that Hef was a highly documented figure and a had a very specific way about him. Quotes and ideas they attributed him to seem totally out of character and sometimes out of context; making them seem more like choices by the author rather than truthful memories of their experience. I hope Crystal decides to write another book when she’s actually “finally ready to tell the truth” after all of the moral crimes he committed against women, I would love to hear the story of how he got everything he had/wanted stolen by a young woman who came into the tail end of his life.
Victim mentality
I’ve listened to other similar memoirs, and this one is just asking for pity and the author doesn’t show any accountability in the situations she found herself in. Very annoying and monotone to listen to