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3.75
adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

i loved the title of this book and the description of how rupaul came to title it that. i enjoyed getting a glimpse into how he grew up, his rise to fame, & his relationships with love & family & getting sober. at times, it feels a bit out of touch with saying other people of color just play the victim when there’s very real systemic racism and societal racism. 

at other times i wished he delved deeper and gave certain stories more space to develop. a lot of times you’d get a chunk, it’d be vulnerable & then he’d just move on. but i do appreciate what we were given. 

selfishly, i wanted more about rupaul in drag, the evolution of her. but overall still a great memoir. just need a bit more finesse. love rupaul though for the good and meh. and i love the many catch phrases.