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4.51 AVERAGE
4.51 AVERAGE
Biografía dura durilla, pero era de esperar despois de ver Nanette.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Was unfamiliar with Hannah or her comedy (or Nanette) but am definitely interested in checking it out
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
Audiobook - big fan of author reading their own memoirs and this is such a good example as to why. It’s funny. It’s heartbreaking. It’s insightful. It’s delightful just from Hannah’s accent alone.
Much like the rest of the world, I was enamored with Hannah Gadsby's stage show Nanette back in 2018. I had never heard of her before and was so moved by her story and performance. I had seen her memoir in bookshops for a while and decided to listen to it once I realized she was also the narrator.
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't exactly it. It's a very lengthy, detailed account of her entire life, and by that I mean, her literal entire life. She remembers the pivotal moments of each year of her youth, which on one hand is truly impressive to me, but also felt like a bit of a slog at times. I often found that while listening my mind wandered and I had to rewind to get back on track - and sometimes I didn't bother rewinding, I just kept pushing forward.
With around 5 hours left, I bumped up the speed of the audio book, which helped. By and large I found the last third of the book, detailing Gadsby's adult life, much more intriguing than the first two. She does, though, in the earlier portions of the book, give the reader a full understanding of how people in the LGBTQ+ community were treated in Australia, and Tasmania specifically, in the 80's and 90's, which was eye-opening.
In the end, I didn't love this listen, but I do have more respect for the highly intelligent and talented Gadsby. I'm interested in checking out the work she did before Nanette, and I'll be on the look out for her next special or release, in whatever form it takes.
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't exactly it. It's a very lengthy, detailed account of her entire life, and by that I mean, her literal entire life. She remembers the pivotal moments of each year of her youth, which on one hand is truly impressive to me, but also felt like a bit of a slog at times. I often found that while listening my mind wandered and I had to rewind to get back on track - and sometimes I didn't bother rewinding, I just kept pushing forward.
With around 5 hours left, I bumped up the speed of the audio book, which helped. By and large I found the last third of the book, detailing Gadsby's adult life, much more intriguing than the first two. She does, though, in the earlier portions of the book, give the reader a full understanding of how people in the LGBTQ+ community were treated in Australia, and Tasmania specifically, in the 80's and 90's, which was eye-opening.
In the end, I didn't love this listen, but I do have more respect for the highly intelligent and talented Gadsby. I'm interested in checking out the work she did before Nanette, and I'll be on the look out for her next special or release, in whatever form it takes.
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced