A review by mpschaff
Born with Teeth by Kate Mulgrew

3.0

No doubt, Kate Mulgrew has lead a terribly interesting life. Her work on soaps, on Star Trek Voyager, and her experience giving up her baby via adoption and then reuniting with her all make for fascinating reading. However, there's something about the overall tone of this memoir that makes it difficult. Parts of this story are almost tone dead, with some experiences being related with little to no emotion at all (thinking of her split with her husband). And some are so over the top that you're almost cringing (her love affair that caused her to botch her first Star Trek audition). The pendulum swing of the storytelling led me to the realization that I don't really like Kate very much. I respect her, understand her decisions, but probably wouldn't get along with her in a professional or social setting. Listening to the audio version is usually a bonus, but in this case, with long stretches of unemotional recounting of events, it made for a tougher read than I anticipated. I'm still glad I tuned in, but I don't feel the need to explore her motivations any more.