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Ehhhhhhh

i'm a big fan of RuPaul, and I'll watch/listen/read to anything he creates, but The House of Hidden Meanings was a slow go for me.

First of all, Rupaul is a fantastic audiobook narrator. If you have the chance to get this book in audio format, this is the way to go. I don't know if I would have finished it in ebook form. He is clearly used to preforming, and does a great job with emotion and inflections in his voice.

But the content...

This book mainly focuses on Rupaul's childhood and his desire to be famous. There is a lot of flowery, sound-bitey talk about Rupaul's development in his early ages, but that's really it. My favorite parts of the story were the later ones when we saw Rupaul meeting his current husband and how their relationship grew and changed, but then the story cuts off. I honestly thought it would be more current information included, not just ages 5-35.

Overall, I found it to be a worthwhile listen, but it didn't touch upon the growth of Rupaul into television or his later music career, and really skimmed over most of what it means to be a drag queen these days. I found myself wanting more.