Miley Cyrus may be a Grammy-award winner and Golden Globe nominee, but Goodreads users don’t share the same sentiments for her 2009 autobiograhpy/memoir, Miles to Go. Outranked only by the Twilight series and Twilight fanfiction, Fifty Shades of Grey, the singer’s book is listed as one of the “Worst Books of All Time” according to users and reviewers.
Readers who have read the memoir (ghostwritten at least in part by writer Hilary Liftin) have not held back when it comes to their sentiments on the memoir by Cyrus. Reviewers have said: “If you can’t write good material on your own, don’t try and publish a book. Go practice, write rubbish first drafts, hone your skills. But don’t make it look like you wrote a memoir, and then it turns out another woman wrote most of it.”
“I regret ever picking up a copy and I would not waste my money.”
“This book isn’t necessarily bad, but it just isn’t all that good. A sixteen year old writing a biography? To me, this could only result in failure.”
Despite readers having some harsh words for Miles to Go, the book was an instant number one New York Times bestseller upon release in 2009. Miles to Go sold more than 2 million copies, and over 1,000 copies the first day of its release. At the time of publication, it’s believed that Cyrus was one of the top 25 youngest people to publish a bestselling memoir among the likes of Justin Bieber, Malala, and Gabby Douglas.
Miles to Go discusses how Cyrus catapulted to fame with the Disney show Hannah Montana and how that experience shaped her as a young person in Hollywood. It also discusses her relationship with her parents, her thoughts on fame, her love life and relationships, want she wants for the future, and her perspective on faith, spirituality and more. The book also includes stories, poems, songs, photos and quotations from the Bible selected by Cyrus.
While Miley Cyrus has not published another memoir since Miles to Go, she has gone on to win three Grammy awards, and has released several number one albums. Cyrus is also the eighth-highest-certified female digital singles artist by the RIAA.
Miles to Go may not have the recognition anyone releasing a book might hope for, but it’s safe to say the memoir has had little impact on Cyrus’ career. Maybe her next memoir will be better received, only time will tell.
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