MixedThe Wall Street JournalReaders interested in Holiday the vocalist would be better served by [other] books. (The title of Mr. Alexander’s book is in poor taste) ... But Mr. Alexander pieces together some wonderful accounts of the singer by her close friends, to depict Holiday as resourceful and resilient.
Mariah Carey, with Michaela Angela Davis
RaveThe New Yorker...affecting ... an incisive, entertaining, and impressively well-written account of her road from poverty and obscurity to superstardom ... Carey’s tale of escaping her marriage via couple’s therapy and an affair with Derek Jeter is riveting ... But the book’s greatest revelations are her descriptions of her own and others’ artistry ... There is no discord to be found in her accounts of working with other musicians—no fight over royalties or control or credit, no hint of competition. Instead, Carey keeps her musical relationships (with artists such as Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Prince, and many others) in a sacred space apart from the drama that defines her familial and social life ... This isn’t a story of self-making so much as it is an account of the suffering of \'Little Mariah\' and a demonstration of the nebulous relationship between past and present, life and song.
