Karamo - Karamo Brown

⭐ 7.5/10

(Originally written by Magdalene)

I love the Queer Eye boys, and this was the only memoir written by one of them I hadn't read yet. It's quite short and is written more like a collection of essays, looking at his life from different angles. There's a chapter about colorism, religion, abuse, and of course how he came to host Queer Eye. The story I was most interested in was how he found out he had a 10-year-old kid when he was 25, and eventually got full custody of him and his son's half brother. It's a wild story.

Karamo has had a tumultuous life, and it was super interesting to see how he got through all of that to become the kind, empathetic, capable social worker we see on the screen. Although I didn't agree with all of the views he expressed in the book, I have a greater respect for him. It's a really interesting memoir abour the life of a gay Black man, whether you watch Queer Eye or not.

It is, however, still only my third-favourite Queer Eye memoir, sorry not sorry, Tan France is still the best member of the Fab Five.