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A review by torrie_reads
Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston by Gerrick Kennedy
5.0
Thoughts
We all know that Whitney Houston's story is tragic, but this book was really a gut punch. Garrick Kennedy points out that if she had survived a decade longer things could have been different.
We know so much more about trauma and addiction. We also give a lot more grace to people who struggle with it. And nobody extended grace to Houston. She was mocked and ridiculed in magazines and papers. There was always a camera in her face trying to catch her at her worst.
This breaks my heart. After reading this I had the same feeling you get after watching Selena. That hurt from someone dying when it seems like it could have been avoided. Someone dying before showing all of their potential.
I don't know y'all this just really broke my heart.
We all know that Whitney Houston's story is tragic, but this book was really a gut punch. Garrick Kennedy points out that if she had survived a decade longer things could have been different.
We know so much more about trauma and addiction. We also give a lot more grace to people who struggle with it. And nobody extended grace to Houston. She was mocked and ridiculed in magazines and papers. There was always a camera in her face trying to catch her at her worst.
This breaks my heart. After reading this I had the same feeling you get after watching Selena. That hurt from someone dying when it seems like it could have been avoided. Someone dying before showing all of their potential.
I don't know y'all this just really broke my heart.