NO SHELF CONTROL

Title: Who I Am

Author: Melanie Chisholm

Publisher: Welbeck

Publication Date: September, 2022

Genre: Biography

Pages: 432

My Rating: ★★★☆☆

I was excited to read Melanie C’s book as I was absolutely mad for the Spice Girls when I was a teenager.

Unfortunately, this fell a little flat for me. It’s basically a big book that name drops all the famous people she met, a timeline of where she went and how thin she was. There isn’t much emotion, and certainly no secrets are spilled.
She’s done her best to stay on the fence and be polite about everyone, whilst we all know things weren’t as squeaky clean as Mel makes out (if you believe Geri and Mel B’s past interviews and books).
It’s quite repetitive in places, and she has a strange thing for death dates.

The photos in the middle were a nice touch though, some of Victoria grinning are hilarious! It’s amazing to comprehend they were only a fivesome for only two years. What an impact they had in such a short time.

Overall, a generous 3.5* from me, I started getting bored around the half way mark.