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A review by thatokiebird
Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You is musician Lucinda William's 2023 memoir. It is short and concise and ranges from being wildly vague (like about her first marriage which got a sentence, maybe two?) to extremely detailed, though neither is always where you want it to be. She's had an interesting life, and her tales of needing to take her time and OCD in relation to what's happening in her life is fascinating. Like how she didn't gain mass popularity until she was in her 40s (she's now in her 70s), but she's been playing music and singing since she was a teenager.
I listened to the audiobook version, as I try to do for celebrity memoirs when they usually read it themselves - and I adamantly do not recommend it. She is not a great narrator, it feels very much disjointed like she's quickly skimming through a repair manual. Zero emotion. It made it like the book less, when usually it elevates the book for me so that is a bummer. Otherwise, there's plenty to like about the book, and the writing, and the author.
I listened to the audiobook version, as I try to do for celebrity memoirs when they usually read it themselves - and I adamantly do not recommend it. She is not a great narrator, it feels very much disjointed like she's quickly skimming through a repair manual. Zero emotion. It made it like the book less, when usually it elevates the book for me so that is a bummer. Otherwise, there's plenty to like about the book, and the writing, and the author.