A review by phdpageturner
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

As a music lover, I loved the history in this book! And we definitely do not give Black women enough credit for their influence on modern pop music. I also loved that this was part Danyel Smith memoir. Her life sounds fascinating, and she is *vulnerable* with the reader. I found it so compelling how her experiences paralleled with some of the artists she interviewed. However, I wanted the book to have a stronger overall structure or framework. I couldn’t tell what the organization was—kind of chronological, but not exactly? And I wanted a bit more detail on why she chose the artists she did. Without that structure, I felt like the book didn’t quite reach either of its goals: to be a memoir or to be a history.