A review by mhague
The Story of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover by Jan Gradvall

Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

 I had to DNF this which breaks my heart. I feel like this has incredibly little to do with ABBA, and more to do with the musical and social reforms in Sweden. I grew up listening to ABBA with my dad, but never really knew anything about the group members and I don't think this book is the one I'd recommend to anyone who also wanted to know.

There's incredibly little chronology. About 40% of the way in, and we've only had the early life of Frida and her humble beginnings; nothing for Agnetha, Bjorn or Benny. One minute ABBA are international stars, the next they're getting ready for their Eurovision performance, but then they're going on an indefinite hiatus, but also they're all first meeting each other. To top it all off, throw in some random paragraphs of the social and political events of Sweden, but also Norway cause that's where Frida is from.

Much too confusing! Audiobooks are good background noise that shouldn't take up so much brainpower. I feel like I need a cork board with red string to understand everything being thrown at me.

Thank you to Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to listen to this audiobook!