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A review by foreverinastory
Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston by Gerrick Kennedy
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
5.0
This was just absolutely amazing. I wasn't the target audience as I wasn't alive when Whitney came on the scene, but her music career influenced so many of the artists I grew up with and the music I listened to. There is no doubt in my mind that Whitney Houston is one of the greatest artists of all time. It's been a decade since her death, and seeing how so much has changed, I wonder what she would've become had she survived until now.
CWs: Drug use, drug abuse, addiction, racism, sexism, misogyny/misogynoir, sexual assault, child abuse, pedophilia, trauma, mental illness (depression), self harm, suicide, suicidal thoughts, emotional abuse, alcohol consumption, alcoholism, biphobia/bimisia, lesbophobia/lesbomisia, religious bigotry, death, death of parent, attempted forced institutionalization, voluntary rehab admissions, consensual sexual content, pregnancy, toxic relationship (parental and romantic). Moderate: gun violence, police brutality, mentions of riots.
CWs: Drug use, drug abuse, addiction, racism, sexism, misogyny/misogynoir, sexual assault, child abuse, pedophilia, trauma, mental illness (depression), self harm, suicide, suicidal thoughts, emotional abuse, alcohol consumption, alcoholism, biphobia/bimisia, lesbophobia/lesbomisia, religious bigotry, death, death of parent, attempted forced institutionalization, voluntary rehab admissions, consensual sexual content, pregnancy, toxic relationship (parental and romantic). Moderate: gun violence, police brutality, mentions of riots.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Gun violence and Police brutality