BOOK review for Breaking Good by Nikki Memmano

Thank you to Simon & Schuster for sending me an e-copy of this book

TITLE:                Breaking Good

AUTHOR:           Nikki Memmano

GENRE:              Memoir 

RATING:             4 atars

Will be released January 13, 2026

I read a lot of books on addiction and recovery, and this book, especially the first part, is quite harrowing.

it was a challenge to like Nikki. She seemed completely oblivious of the harm she was casually doing to herself as well as other people. She has zero self-awareness, yet she kept trying to treat the boys (she befriended) as some kind of surrogate mother, all the while pumping them full of drugs. She kept feeding their habit, but making sure she fed them food - junk food, but still.....

The middle part of this book was slow going. Yes, I know, we needed to understand her trauma, but it was very slow. Having said that, I typically don't like the "once upon a time" part of memoirs, and that's my personal taste as they seem to go on endlessly.

The recovery was interesting, and i do applaud Nikki for her honesty and for her resilience.