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A review by sarahbethbrown
A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King
4.0
I am very torn on this book! I tore through it, bc I love Carole King, but the deeper I got into the book, the less I really cared about it. She has a very loose sense of time int he book, which is pretty confusing-- while she generally stays in one era, she hops around and it's hard to tell what's happening when. And in later years, when her life gets broader, she definitely loses the storytelling thread and it reads more like a list of things that happened (and some chapters literally are a list, with bullet points and everything.)
On the other hand, she says herself that music was her forte and words her struggle, and the stories about her creating music made the read worth it to me. There are plenty of other books to cover the singer-songwriter era of the 60s-70s, and this book will definitely leave you wanting to find more. But that doesn't mean this isn't worth it! If you love Carole King there will be something good in this for you.
On the other hand, she says herself that music was her forte and words her struggle, and the stories about her creating music made the read worth it to me. There are plenty of other books to cover the singer-songwriter era of the 60s-70s, and this book will definitely leave you wanting to find more. But that doesn't mean this isn't worth it! If you love Carole King there will be something good in this for you.