A review by hannahpachet_
The Half of It by Madison Beer

memoirs can be difficult to rate and this is one that i chose not to give a star rating to. the story itself was incredibly brave, vulnerable, and passionate — i love madison’s music but i had no idea the extent of things that she’s experienced over the last ~decade. reading about these things in her own words was really poignant, and hearing about her determination to persevere was inspiring. however, i couldn’t help note how often the book felt repetitive — a comment would be made only to be made again, but phrased a little differently, shortly later. the book is white short as it is which meant this stuck out even more to me, and i’m wondering if it was fluffed up a little bit to hit a specific length.

if i were to assign a rating based on the emotional journey of the memoir, it would be highly rated, but if i were to rate it objectively as a piece of literature, that would drop, hence the lack of star rating. i’ve all in all, i did enjoy this book, and i’m excited to listen to her new album with this context!