Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me.

„Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me“ von Lily Collins ist eine ehrliche und berührende Sammlung von Essays, in denen die Schauspielerin und Autorin ihre persönlichen Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen und Triumphe teilt. In dem Buch werden unterschiedliche Themen wie Selbstakzeptanz, Körperbild und die Suche nach Identität behandelt. Die zentrale Botschaft von„Unfiltered“ lässt sich in einem Zitat aus dem Buch wunderbar zusammenfassen: “There is a greater happiness to be attained: the happiness of enjoying myself to the fullest during the one life I have and accepting myself for who I am” Lily Collins ermutigt die Leser, sich selbst zu akzeptieren und die eigene Verletzlichkeit als Stärke zu betrachten. Dabei geht sie offen mit ihren eigenen Unsicherheiten und den Druck, der mit dem Leben im Rampenlicht einhergeht, und zeigt, dass es wichtig ist, authentisch zu sein. Insgesamt ist „Unfiltered“ ein Buch das Mut macht und dazu anregt, die eigene Geschichte zu akzeptieren und zu feiern. Lily Collins offenbart ihre eigene Verletzlichkeit, stellt damit eine Verbindung zu den Lesern her und zeigt, dass jeder von uns auf der Suche nach Selbstakzeptanz und inneren Frieden ist. Ob ihr nun Fan von Lily Collins seid oder nicht, das Buch ist für alle, die sich mit den Themen Selbstliebe und Authentizität auseinandersetzen möchten, ein wertvolles Buch.

I don't feel like I needed to hear the things being said in this book. Lily Collins clearly is a very nice and kind person, but I'm not sure she should stick to writing, especially the self help/memoir kind. It felt like she wrote it for herself, to look back on what she's accomplished, which is fair enough, but it wasn't for me. There was nothing new for me in this, but I kept listening because I enjoyed her voice and didn't want to focus too much on what I'm listening to.

THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS "You deserve happiness. You deserve to be loved just as you love others. You deserve everything." This is the most beautiful quote and I will try to take it with me in my heart everyday. "The universe gives us nuggets of inspiration every oncein a while during our most trying times and, if we're open and willing to see, they can prompt immense growth." ...and this book is one of those nuggets. We all know Lily as the "daugther of" or as an actress. But little we know that she is an intelligent beautiful soul and an amazing author and such a amazing role model. I first saw Lily in "Blind Side", I love her in "The Mortal Instruments" (perfect Clary) and completly adore her in "Love, Rosie". From how she is doing her job as an actor and watching her interviews during press tours for the movies she plays in I knew that this girl/woman is more then just a pretty face and an amazing actress. I preorderd my copy and couldn't wait to finally read it. So I got my copy a day after it was published and finished it in two days. What I love most about the book is that is isn't a typical biographie. It is more a retrospective about growing up, feeling lost, dealing with difficult topics and finding your own way to be happy and that shown on her own life and experiences. I am the same age as Lily and I pretty much saw myself in the stories she shares. Growing up in one country, moving to another. Trying despreatly to fit in the new environment and hoping no one would laugh about me. Being unsure about everyone and everything and developing anxieties and while growing up feeling lost. Don't know where I will fit in and what I should do. It feels good to know that a lot of people are going through the same problems and have to find a way to deal with it, accept it or learn that they don't want to be around certain people and situations. The problem is that our society still don't talk about everything. Even hide some topics. There are still too much taboo topic which should be discussed openly . People need to know that it is okay to not always feel happy. But they also need to know that when they feel bad that they can always go to someone and talk about it. Like Lily says, it isn't a sign of weakness if you ask for help. It is a sign of strength! What made me cry was how openly Lily talks about her food disorder. I can only imagine how hard it was after so many years to talk about it. To tell what made her do it and how she reflects on it. I love the chapter when Lily shares the story where she talked to a friends daughter who was 14 at the time and the girl is telling her that she is unhappy that she doesn't look like the famous woman in the magazines. Lily included. I love how Lily is talking about this part of her life. It is all about the right balance in life. Even with food. Accept that it is okay and beautiful to look the way you are! As mentioned before this book isn't just a biography. It is an example, a guide. This book teaches me a lot. Let me reflect on myself and reminds me about so many things. Like this quotes: "By sharing, we learn that we're not alone, that we're not so different after all. We're all human. We all want to feel part of something greater." "I was proof that it's possible to have lots in common with other people no matter where you live." In these modern times we life in it is easier to connect with people. If you may not have any luck with people around you, you may be lucky to find someone worldwide. Something I can perfectly realate to. Communication is the key for so much. I agree 100%, Lily. "Don't live a boring life if you can add a little silly into it every once in a while." Another thing I love about this wonderful honest book is that it is mentioned that it is okay to "standing out in a crowd" because it "is much more rewarding then blending in". Embrace your inner nerd and love that part of yourself because it is such a precious wounderful thing which we should never lose. I want to finish with another quote because this is so important: "What is it about their stories that makes you feel connected to them? Now think about how powerful that book, article, movie or album is if it makes people all over the world feel just as affected as you do. Those stories teach us, unite us, inspire us. Their authors inspire us. And, who knows, you too may already serve as a huge inspiration for someone. So keep using your voice, honoring your past, owning your story, an making new experiences to add to it. The more character you meet, the more character you build. The more colorful your story, the more colorful your life."

read my complete review: http://isabellsbooks.blogspot.com/ Instagram: isleepnaked MY THOUGHTS ON IT I wouldn't say that I'm a massive fan of Lily Collins since I didn't even follow her on Instagram when I read this book and only did so afterwards. But I really enjoy her movies and especially Love, Rosie has a special place in my heart. I also think that she is incredibly pretty and I was always a huge fan of her eyebrows. So I was interested in this book not because I'm hugely invested in her but rather because such books have always fascinated me and since Lily Collins seemed to have something to tell because of her famous father Phil Collins and because of her anorexia, I was interested in Unfiltered. The book is structured into 17 chapters with the following titles: 1. The Quirky Things That Make You Different Are What Make You Beautiful 2. "When Someone Shows You Who They Are, Believe Them" 3. We Accept The Love We Think We Deserve 4. Great Disappearing Acts 5. My Battle For Perfection 6. My Mom: The Myth, The Legend 7. Every Tattoo Tells A Story 8. Be Silly. It's Attractive. Normal Is So Boring. 9. A Letter To All Dads 10. Harnessing Your Inner Superhero 11. In A Relationship With Addiction 12. Food As Fuel, Not Punishment 13. Spilling Our Secrets 14. Talk More, Create Connections 15. From Pen To Paper And Beyond 16. Everything Happens For A Reason 17. Seoul Searching These 17 chapters take up about 200 pages and are therefore very short and easy to read through. Each chapter starts with the most important message of it, written in the same font as the one used on the cover, which gives the book a nice and lovely structure. The book also includes lots of pictures of Lily which add a very personal vibe to it. Both of this also means, of course, that there isn't too much space used for the actual texts, but that didn't really bother me. I read this book during a stressful time, when I was just writing my term paper, and therefore I really appreciated the lightness of this book and that it didn't demand too much of my concentration but was rather just a lovely comfort-read to come back to at the end of an exhausting day. I could instantly relate a lot to the book when Lily started talking about her eyebrows, already fairly at the beginning. She also early on mentioned that she loved complementing other people and strangers, which is something that I love to do as well, so I felt quite understood by her and could relate to her and the book. The second chapter's most important message really resonated with me and I cannot stress this enough to others: I will never need anyone to complete me. I am enough on my own. I really loved and appreciated that Lily again and again mentioned the importance of self-love in her book. This is so extremely important and I really hope that when more and more people talk about it and separate it from its negative side, egocentrism, that it will reach many people, especially young ones. Lily dedicated a chapter to her mother and one to her father. Obviously, most people who know of her father's fame will be more interested in that chapter. But I really loved the mother chapter more because the way in which Lily talked about her bond with her mother touched me a lot and the pictures of them added an emotional depth to it. When it came to her father, I always felt that Lily was still holding back some things, although she always stressed that she was being so honest and unfiltered. I felt that she didn't get to the core of her relationship with her father, which is probably because he is famous and has a reputation that she didn't want to chip away at.. Lily also talks a lot about her past relationships and I just couldn't help myself from always asking whether she was talking about Jamie Campbell Bower, whenever she wrote about an ex of hers. That's probably because Jamie is the only exboyfriend that I know of and also the one that I'm quite interested in because I really shipped the two of them (#Jamily). I was never too invested in the Mortal Instruments series but I couldn't deny that these two had some sparkling, electrifying chemistry on and off screen. There is a chapter in the book in which Lily talks about her tattoos and what they mean to her, which I found very interesting and surprising. Again, this is probably because I didn't really follow her on Instagram before, but it really surprised me that she had so many tattoos and that she was so obsessed with tattoos in general. Since I haven't read too much about tattoos in memoir-like-books before, this chapter was quite refreshing. As I've already mentioned, Lily suffered from anorexia and also writes about that and her problematic relationship with food in the book. There are lots of pictures of food in it but since all pictures are in black and white, the food doesn't really come across too well. It's kind of weird to see a dish in black and white, it makes it look quite morbid to be honest. I took issue with the fact that Lily always mentioned that something was inherently female, like cooking and nurturing. That felt very much like gender stereotypes to me and I didn't agree with that and felt a bit uncomfortable that she stated these feelings of her as facts. Maybe the most interesting chapter for me was "Talk More, Create Connections" in which she talked about body issues and body positivity. Unfortunately, this was also the shortest chapter and was already over before it had even started. I really wished that Lily had written a bit more there. At the end of the book is the longest Acknowledgments section that I've ever read. I always read this part because it rounds off the book and I just don't see any reason why I shouldn't read it. But I really struggled with myself when it came to Lily's acknowledgments ... They just went on and on and on and on and never seemed to end. They were longer than the chapters of the book which I found a bit silly because I would have much rather read more on body positivity than have such a huge amount of pages used up for her thanking thousands of people that none of her readers know. Her acknowledgments go on for 17 pages, which I think is just way too much and over the top. CONCLUSION I enjoyed this book because it was a light and comforting read that calmed me down during a stressful time. It's very easy and quickly to read through and is beautifully made with lovely fonts and lots of private pictures of Lily. This book definitely brings you closer to Lily Collins. If you are a huge fan of hers, you've probably already read it and if not, I can definitely recommend it to you. If you are like me, not a huge fan but still interested in her and the book than I can also recommend it because I had a really nice time reading it. If you are not a fan of hers than this is probably nothing for you because it's quite personal and very centered on Lily. I wish that she had gone a bit deeper in the book, especially since she always praised herself for opening up and being so completely honest and unfiltered in it. I still felt like she was holding back a bit on some topics, especially concerning her father. It sometimes felt as if the book was only scratching the surface.. Other times it did make me quite emotional, which I always appreciate in books. RATING I award this book 4 out of 5 stars.

I loved this audiobook! Lily narrates it herself and does so wonderfully, it felt really intimate and honest to hear all her stories from herself. I flew through the audiobook because I loved listening to her, her voice was so soothing! She talked about a lot of topics and issues, shared what she learned over the years and how it influenced her in many ways. I loved how open she was about abusive relationships, toxic behavior and addiction. It was everything and more what I expected from her book and made me appreciate her more than ever. She's such an inspiring woman (and human in general).

Ich weiß gar nicht was ich zu diesem Buch sagen soll.😱💕Jeder muss es lesen, denn das was Lily Collins schreibt, ist einfach echt und unfiltered. Auf jeden Fall 5+ Sterne ⭐️