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We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union
6 reviews
michelle_my_belle's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Racism, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Alcohol, Bullying, Cancer, and Gun violence
kelly_e's review against another edition
3.75
Author: Gabrielle Union
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.75
Pub Date: October 17, 2017
T H R E E • W O R D S
Open • Raw • Empowering
📖 S Y N O P S I S
In We're Going to Need More Wine Gabrielle Union offers a moving and deeply personal collection of essays about power, race, gender, sexuality, feminism, beauty, fame, and what it means to be a modern woman
💭 T H O U G H T S
I wouldn't consider myself to be a Gabrielle Union fan, although I do recall watching some of her earlier movies during my teenager years. I received We're Going to Need More Wine as a suggestion when I put out a call to my fellow booklovers for some audiobook recommendations.
Not a memoir by definition (it's told in stories), it reads (or should I say listens) very much like a memoir. The author narrates pivotal moments throughout her life with humour, conviction, and emotion. She's an incredibly good story teller, bearing the most intimate corners of her life. At times light and quite funny, it also gets very heavy and dark. There's no denying she is smart and extremely talented.
My one qualm is definitely the title, which almost stopped me from picking it up entirely. The promotion of 'normative' nature of drinking culture is just something that I have a hard time getting behind because I know first hand the destruction it can cause. There are so many other options that would have worked just as well.
Don't hesitate to pick this one up, even if you don't know Gabrielle Union. There's so much depth and open dialogue on some very important topics that everyone will find something within its pages. I enjoyed listening to Gabrielle's stories so much that I immediately want to pick up You Got Anything Stronger?
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• celebrity memoir fans
• readers who like books by strong women
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself."
Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Cursing, Abortion, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Miscarriage
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, and Grief
essie__reads's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcohol, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Terminal illness, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
macknificent's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Infertility, and Classism
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexism, and Pregnancy
Minor: Stalking, Alcohol, and Animal death
puffprincess's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, Rape, Gun violence, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Bullying, Homophobia, Drug use, Classism, Cancer, Body shaming, Alcohol, Violence, Outing, Medical content, and Cursing
danileah07's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racism and Rape
Moderate: Racial slurs, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality