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A review by mokey4
It's Not about Perfect by Shannon Miller
2.0
I really want to give this 2.5 stars.
I admire Shannon Miller, and I've followed her gymnastics career. It's fun to read about her life in gymnastics, and for that I give the book 4 stars.
But if she didn't want to write anything real about her personal life, she should have just left that part out. I get the feeling that she hasn't really examined her own feelings about her experiences that thoroughly, so it's hard for readers to learn from them. Plus it's not actually that inspiring to read a bunch of "this happened, that happened, it was terrifying, I was careful about diet and exercise, yada yada." I *know* there's more to it than that, and Shannon's not spilling, either because she herself hasn't thought too deeply about it (a crime, a shame!) or because she wants to maintain her privacy. If it's the latter, that's fine, but don't write a memoir if you're not going to tell us what you're really thinking. Also I find that when she writes about her company it sounds like marketing material. So for that part of the book, I give 1 star.
Overall, still a decent read if you're a gymnastics fan.
I admire Shannon Miller, and I've followed her gymnastics career. It's fun to read about her life in gymnastics, and for that I give the book 4 stars.
But if she didn't want to write anything real about her personal life, she should have just left that part out. I get the feeling that she hasn't really examined her own feelings about her experiences that thoroughly, so it's hard for readers to learn from them. Plus it's not actually that inspiring to read a bunch of "this happened, that happened, it was terrifying, I was careful about diet and exercise, yada yada." I *know* there's more to it than that, and Shannon's not spilling, either because she herself hasn't thought too deeply about it (a crime, a shame!) or because she wants to maintain her privacy. If it's the latter, that's fine, but don't write a memoir if you're not going to tell us what you're really thinking. Also I find that when she writes about her company it sounds like marketing material. So for that part of the book, I give 1 star.
Overall, still a decent read if you're a gymnastics fan.