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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
So, I appreciate Hannah Gadsby and her humor. But her editor did her dirty with this memoir. The flow of the content needs a heavy copyedit and reframing.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I read this is my first audiobook and loved that Hannah was the narrator.
It’s a deep dive into small town Tasmania, into homophobia, misogyny and the difficulties Hannah faced all through her life. It was shocking, funny and serious all at once. The focus is on her show Nanette which you can watch on Netflix and I recommend watching it if you’re going to read this book.
It’s a deep dive into small town Tasmania, into homophobia, misogyny and the difficulties Hannah faced all through her life. It was shocking, funny and serious all at once. The focus is on her show Nanette which you can watch on Netflix and I recommend watching it if you’re going to read this book.
An incredibly insightful and humorous autobiography, Ten Steps to Nanette has some profound observations on how the stories we tell about ourselves often conflate with our actual recollection. It's so beautifully written, with nuanced perspectives articulated thoughtfully.
This is a open and honest accounting of how Gadsby came to write Nanette, starting with the major ups and downs of her childhood, through adolescence and into adulthood. Gadsby does write in a non-normative way but if you're familiar with her shows and have a vague appreciation of how her mind works, this shouldn't be a surprise. And once you get used to it, it begins to flow and gives an additional insight into her thinking behind the show and her various reactions to events and traumas in her life. Speaking of which, this book is one hell of a trigger even if you're lucky enough to not have major trauma in your life, but for those who don't have that privilege (and it is a privilege), I suspect this book can provide a certain catharsis (with the right support of course). Having finished this, I feel that I need to watch Nanette again to appreciate it on a whole new level, especially knowing how hard it was for Gadsby to bring together and what it cost to send out into the world.
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
honest, vulnerable, beautiful, intimate
love her so much
love her so much
As most Americans- I met Hannah from watching her shows on Netflix and was captivated.
Her story is interesting- and she views the world from a perspective that most humans should stop and observe. This memoir tells the story of her childhood in Tasmania, figuring out she was queer, adjusting to life on the spectrum (diagnosed late) and navigating her family (mother).
Definitely a person to watch- though I would recommend watching her shows on Netflix before reading this memoir- to see if she is your jam.
Her story is interesting- and she views the world from a perspective that most humans should stop and observe. This memoir tells the story of her childhood in Tasmania, figuring out she was queer, adjusting to life on the spectrum (diagnosed late) and navigating her family (mother).
Definitely a person to watch- though I would recommend watching her shows on Netflix before reading this memoir- to see if she is your jam.
dark
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Rape
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Alcohol
Minor: Classism