203 reviews for:

Lady sings the blues

William Dufty, Billie Holiday

3.97 AVERAGE

bookies_withanja's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

the_eggelstone's review against another edition

4.0

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I knew very little about the biography of Billie Holiday so this personal account was very insightful and fascinating as Holiday recounts her struggles as an African-American woman in the early 20th century US facing constant racism, poverty, struggles and addiction. It all reads very engaging and is written in anecdotes that may not always be 100 percent factual but give a great impression of an interesting life!

marloureads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

petekeeley's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

cecile87's review against another edition

3.0

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The book was fine. I couldn’t finish it, however. I’m not in the spirit these days to tolerate misery piled upon racism, sexism and other abuses. So, I had to put it down.

laurafd's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

damfool247's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

pinacotheca's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

florinereads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

salmonfry's review against another edition

2.5

funny informative reflective medium-paced

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great voice, not a lot of development