Sounds Like Me

Utterly delightful. I'm so glad I listened to the audiobook. It was amazing to listen to her sing parts of her songs before each chapter. And the end bloopers made me laugh. My only two complaints are that she added a section where she wrote letters to her younger self. I found them hard to listen to. They were too personal and too specific for me to find myself in them. As such, I felt like an outsider listening in and it made me uncomfortable–not the intended effect. My other problem was that she spent the whole of the book humanizing herself and discussing her flaws really driving home that we are all unique people with flaws, yet she never extended this life lesson to anyone else she mentions in the book–or hardly ever. She spoke of everyone in her life as amazing, wonderful people. She spent paragraphs praising them and building them up on a pedestal but constantly putting herself in her place. It had the effect of making her life lessons about herself feel like put downs rather than personal growth because everyone around her was amazing and she was constantly in the wrong. I often wished I could just hug her. Of course, this is all an over simplification of my thoughts on the book. There are exceptions to both gripes. But all this to say that it took a little away from the positive vibe she was trying to uphold.
Well worth a read, though. Sara is a brilliant song writer and singer. She's soulful, introspective, and humble. It was a wonderful insight into a her world.