nekokat reviewed More Myself by Alicia Keys
Review of 'More Myself' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I don't know much about her as a musician, but this is notably good as an audiobook. Not only to hear the story in her own voice, but because she sings passages of songs she's talking about, plays piano during the chapter breaks, and includes guest voices from all parts of her life (running the gamut from her mom to Jay Z to Barack Obama).
The beginning and end are especially interesting as she interrogates what it means to be true to yourself, hold boundaries and let go of people-pleasing and the judgements of society. A lot of bits in the middle were kind of whatever as someone who doesn't really care that much about the details of her rise to stardom, but might be more interesting to a fan.
I don't listen to many audiobooks, as even when I've tried, I find myself wanting to sit down with the …
I don't know much about her as a musician, but this is notably good as an audiobook. Not only to hear the story in her own voice, but because she sings passages of songs she's talking about, plays piano during the chapter breaks, and includes guest voices from all parts of her life (running the gamut from her mom to Jay Z to Barack Obama).
The beginning and end are especially interesting as she interrogates what it means to be true to yourself, hold boundaries and let go of people-pleasing and the judgements of society. A lot of bits in the middle were kind of whatever as someone who doesn't really care that much about the details of her rise to stardom, but might be more interesting to a fan.
I don't listen to many audiobooks, as even when I've tried, I find myself wanting to sit down with the printed pages, whether it's to understand a dense passage, get the benefit of visual information (maps, graphs, etc) or highlight quotes. This memoir is the first audiobook I've encountered that I think was actually stronger in the audio format, and I didn't have FOMO and end up essentially reading/skimming it a second time on paper.