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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
I thoroughly enjoy Kate's portrayal of Red on OitNB so I was hoping to learn about her life. Bummed pretty much sums up the experience. I wish she had spent more time discussing her profession than the love interests.
I listened to the audiobook read by Mulgrew herself, and she does a great job of making the fluid, lyrical language of this memoir come alive. She is also a giant drama queen, but that is unsurprising - she is, after all, an actress! I loved all the stuff about her giant Irish Catholic family, and was profoundly moved by her descriptions of her sister's childhood illness and her mother's battle with dementia. I was less enthralled by her detailed accounts of her various love affairs, which - while beautiful rendered - were classic examples of something more exciting to experience than to read about. Overall a genuinely good read.
This could have been 900 pages and I would have read every single one with sheer delight.
I listened to the audio version of this book and loved it. I did not know anything about Kate Mulgrew before this book except for her run on Star Trek: Voyager. It was good to hear how much she thought about her daughter every day after giving her up for adoption. Even though my religious and personal beliefs are very different from Ms. Mulgrew, I admire her determination to stick to her guns no matter the circumstances. She didn't sugarcoat her life. She didn't try to paint a pretty picture. She just laid it out there and that's it. I believe listening to the audiobook allowed me to pay attention and stay engaged on the story because I'm not a fan of nonfiction books in general. However, listening to someone tell their story, especially when I know nothing about them, makes me want to pay attention. I didn't know the author was pro-life or Catholic. I didn't know she had children and had been married. I would recommend the audio version of this memoir because you can feel the sadness and heartbreak when she talks about missing her babies.
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Kate's language is very flowery and verbose so I couldn't help but roll my eyes at a few parts. She definitely has a flair for the dramatic. But it was one of the more interesting memoirs that I've read.
I don’t usually read memoirs, as it opens a lid on people and reveals their private life. I found the parts about her work interesting, especially the Voyager but, but I definitely found the early personal life difficult to read - the eccentric parenting was particularly alien to me.
I enjoyed hearing Kate Mulgrew narrate her memoir, she has a wonderful voice and a great delivery, but I found the book itself a little underwhelming. She spends far too much time talking about and fretting over the men in her life, though for the life of me I can't figure out what attracted her to any of them. I was also disappointed that she ends her narrative long before she lands her role in Orange is the New Black.
Couldn't help rolling my eyes many times at the excessively dramatic narrative but also couldn't stop listening. Interesting life & one tough Irishwoman.
I've been a fan of Kate Mulgrew for a long time but knew absolutely nothing about her life. I never would have guessed she had such a moving story to tell. Beautifully written as well. I have ultimate respect and admiration for this woman and everything she's accomplished. A fabulous read.