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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
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The audio and ebook/print versions are completely different. The audio feels like an extended interview without a lot of structure, depth or new information. The visual book had all those things. The audio does have music clips but they are very short. the visual book had the full lyrics and lots of pictures. Do yourself a favor and go for the ebook or print version.
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Dolly Parton is pure sunshine and I could listen to her all day. This book gave me a little glimpse into her life and songwriting that I appreciated. However, it's pretty surface-level stuff and very repetitive.
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The format was a surprise that I ended up really enjoying. It reads a lot like the transcript of an interview, so it's really episodic/anecdotal. I enjoyed Parton's stories and her sense of humour is really funny. The audiobook is also full of her music, which was really nice. I love how passionate Parton is about her work and how strongly she feels called to write music. A joyful and realistic memoir that I thoroughly enjoyed listening to.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
A pleasant meander. Sort of an extended interview/conversation, using individual songs to talk either specifically about the story behind the song or some aspect of Dolly's life.
I'll admit to wishing the production had been a bit different: the beginnings of songs start the various conversations, and maybe it's a rights or length concern, but after a while you just find yourself wishing you could hear the whole song instead of a fade out clip. Acknowledged, I could just pause and go listen to the song, but that does tend to break up the listening experience....
The other somewhat jarring feature were the interstitials not in Dolly's voice - introducing changes in subject matter that are not fronted by a different song. I can understand the organizing principle behind sectioning off and clearly labelling such shifts in topics but the voice doing so is almost robotic, not melodic, and is an unpleasant contrast to Parton's drawl and occasional drift into song.
And on the really, really subjective end of critiques, evidently this awesome person is a lot more religious/spiritual than I knew and God/gospel talk is just distancing to this atheist reader.
I'll admit to wishing the production had been a bit different: the beginnings of songs start the various conversations, and maybe it's a rights or length concern, but after a while you just find yourself wishing you could hear the whole song instead of a fade out clip. Acknowledged, I could just pause and go listen to the song, but that does tend to break up the listening experience....
The other somewhat jarring feature were the interstitials not in Dolly's voice - introducing changes in subject matter that are not fronted by a different song. I can understand the organizing principle behind sectioning off and clearly labelling such shifts in topics but the voice doing so is almost robotic, not melodic, and is an unpleasant contrast to Parton's drawl and occasional drift into song.
And on the really, really subjective end of critiques, evidently this awesome person is a lot more religious/spiritual than I knew and God/gospel talk is just distancing to this atheist reader.
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