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nathanbartos17 's review for:
Too Much Is Not Enough
by Andrew Rannells
*3.5 Stars
Looking back, I sort of feel bad for this rating. It's so hard to rate memoirs because you're rating on a connection with the author's life story and can't really rely on their writing style so much as they're (usually) not a writer by trade. I will say I don't remember having a problem with the writing; I just didn't think this memoir went far enough. Yes, it was cool to read about Rannells struggling in university and struggling finding acting jobs in NYC, and I really liked the section on Pokemon the Musical, which I absolutely forgot existed. But what I really wanted to see were anecdotes from his time on Girls or The New Normal or whatever, but this really stops before he gets to any of that. This was an okay memoir, and I liked the "A Summer in Ohio" vibes I got from his time at the farmhouse in upstate New York (if I remember correctly?) but I didn't love it as a whole.
Looking back, I sort of feel bad for this rating. It's so hard to rate memoirs because you're rating on a connection with the author's life story and can't really rely on their writing style so much as they're (usually) not a writer by trade. I will say I don't remember having a problem with the writing; I just didn't think this memoir went far enough. Yes, it was cool to read about Rannells struggling in university and struggling finding acting jobs in NYC, and I really liked the section on Pokemon the Musical, which I absolutely forgot existed. But what I really wanted to see were anecdotes from his time on Girls or The New Normal or whatever, but this really stops before he gets to any of that. This was an okay memoir, and I liked the "A Summer in Ohio" vibes I got from his time at the farmhouse in upstate New York (if I remember correctly?) but I didn't love it as a whole.