ahopelessreader 's review for:

All in: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King

3.0

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Billie Jean is a fascinating and brilliant woman, and undoubtedly the landscape of women's tennis looks vastly different without her influence on it. So it's unfortunate that this autobiography didn't knock it out of the park. And I think the problem comes down to length. It was too long and myered in detail. It is in turn fascinating and boring at points. I liked hearing about some of her activism and her struggle with coming out, and about her abortion. These were all surprises. And this isn't a bad book. It just wasn't a slam.