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A review by kelly_e
We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Title: We're Going to Need More Wine
Author: Gabrielle Union
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.75
Pub Date: October 17, 2017
T H R E E • W O R D S
Open • Raw • Empowering
📖 S Y N O P S I S
In We're Going to Need More Wine Gabrielle Union offers a moving and deeply personal collection of essays about power, race, gender, sexuality, feminism, beauty, fame, and what it means to be a modern woman
💭 T H O U G H T S
I wouldn't consider myself to be a Gabrielle Union fan, although I do recall watching some of her earlier movies during my teenager years. I received We're Going to Need More Wine as a suggestion when I put out a call to my fellow booklovers for some audiobook recommendations.
Not a memoir by definition (it's told in stories), it reads (or should I say listens) very much like a memoir. The author narrates pivotal moments throughout her life with humour, conviction, and emotion. She's an incredibly good story teller, bearing the most intimate corners of her life. At times light and quite funny, it also gets very heavy and dark. There's no denying she is smart and extremely talented.
My one qualm is definitely the title, which almost stopped me from picking it up entirely. The promotion of 'normative' nature of drinking culture is just something that I have a hard time getting behind because I know first hand the destruction it can cause. There are so many other options that would have worked just as well.
Don't hesitate to pick this one up, even if you don't know Gabrielle Union. There's so much depth and open dialogue on some very important topics that everyone will find something within its pages. I enjoyed listening to Gabrielle's stories so much that I immediately want to pick up You Got Anything Stronger?
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• celebrity memoir fans
• readers who like books by strong women
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself."
Author: Gabrielle Union
Genre: Memoir
Rating: 3.75
Pub Date: October 17, 2017
T H R E E • W O R D S
Open • Raw • Empowering
📖 S Y N O P S I S
In We're Going to Need More Wine Gabrielle Union offers a moving and deeply personal collection of essays about power, race, gender, sexuality, feminism, beauty, fame, and what it means to be a modern woman
💭 T H O U G H T S
I wouldn't consider myself to be a Gabrielle Union fan, although I do recall watching some of her earlier movies during my teenager years. I received We're Going to Need More Wine as a suggestion when I put out a call to my fellow booklovers for some audiobook recommendations.
Not a memoir by definition (it's told in stories), it reads (or should I say listens) very much like a memoir. The author narrates pivotal moments throughout her life with humour, conviction, and emotion. She's an incredibly good story teller, bearing the most intimate corners of her life. At times light and quite funny, it also gets very heavy and dark. There's no denying she is smart and extremely talented.
My one qualm is definitely the title, which almost stopped me from picking it up entirely. The promotion of 'normative' nature of drinking culture is just something that I have a hard time getting behind because I know first hand the destruction it can cause. There are so many other options that would have worked just as well.
Don't hesitate to pick this one up, even if you don't know Gabrielle Union. There's so much depth and open dialogue on some very important topics that everyone will find something within its pages. I enjoyed listening to Gabrielle's stories so much that I immediately want to pick up You Got Anything Stronger?
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• celebrity memoir fans
• readers who like books by strong women
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"If you prioritize yourself, you are going to save yourself."
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Racism, Sexual violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Homophobia, Infertility, Sexual content, Cursing, Abortion, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Gun violence, and Miscarriage
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, and Grief