Reviews

Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song by Sara Bareilles

fangslibris's review against another edition

3.0

3.5
The first portion of this book was pretty difficult to get through personally. There is a LOT of focus on her struggle with "feeling fat," which becomes repetitive and hurtful as someone who is fat. There is a lot of tiptoeing into "I'm not fat, I'm beautiful!" territory, which sucks. She makes fun of herself for how much food she ate during her time in Italy, and kind of treats what is clearly an eating disorder as a casual phase. The talk about her struggle with weight and beauty ends with "And I dropped the extra pounds!"

The last 40% of this book loses this and is far better. She talks about meeting Jack Antonoff, writing Brave, writing Waitress (which hadn't premiered yet), and so on. It is infinitely more interesting than yet another essay on "and here's ANOTHER time someone called me fat."

Unfortunately a decent 40% isn't enough to save the book overall. I'm just grateful the audiobook was only 4 hours long. Still love Sara, but this book wasn't for me.

storybrooke13's review against another edition

5.0

this book is such a comfort to me & I simply don’t think I’ll ever read or listen to it without crying

dumbnuggets's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

mllejoyeuxnoel's review against another edition

5.0

Singers, songwriters, kids who miss being in high school choir/musical theater productions: Sara's first is for you. Purchase now and fall in love with her. It's easy to do.

critcritter2015's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

gabrielle_erin's review against another edition

5.0

Such a fun and relatable book! I loved that in the audiobook you got to hear her sing because it really gives a whole new meaning to her lyrics. She's such a passionate and funny person, this book had me laughing and even crying at times. She was a great narrator. A solid 5 star read.

blondierocket's review against another edition

5.0

Here’s another one that you need to listen to instead of reading a physical copy! Sara Bareilles narrates her own story, singles songs throughout, and in the end you get some bonus behind the “scenes” clips from her recording session. It was a quick listen and super amazing.

One of the best books! Inspiring read/listen!
Definitely recommend the audio version and wait until the very end for special extras.

amsearer's review against another edition

5.0

If you've ever wanted to know what it would be like to sit down in your living room with Sara Bareilles and have a life chat, READ THIS BOOK. Actually, no. Get the audiobook. I listened to it and I'm so glad I got to experience it in Sara's voice. She is so much more of a goofball and an incredibly inspiring and persistent person than I knew. She comes right out and says she has no idea what she's doing and she wants that to be known because most people feel that way and we think celebrities are immune. Newsflash...they aren't. They're human. And Sara Bareilles is wonderful.

veronicaisreading's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Loved everything about it. Made me love her even more. Of course I love her music, we have a very similar taste in music. 

jteddy90's review against another edition

5.0

One of my favorite audiobooks! So glad I listened to it instead of reading it because SHE SINGS!!!