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The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
3.0

Book Club - Caellum's Selection

A fairly interesting read about Mariah and the depths of her musical abilities. I did empathise with her troubled childhood and the displacement she felt growing up, yet everything else moving forward felt slightly sheltered. I found the structure to be quite messy. It jumped backward and forward across timelines which made it difficult to keep track of which period of time we were visiting. It was also disappointing that the most recent years of her life weren’t mentioned or discussed other than her recent #1 in 2019 which just seemed a convenient win to add to the timeline. A somewhat entertaining yet easy read.