Candy Darling is an interesting memoir of a pioneer in the rights of transgendered people. What is fascinating about this story though is not that Candy Darling was once a man but more so the life that she lived in the time period that she lived.

However, as much as that was an interesting aspect of her life it seems to have been somewhat ignored in this book. There is very little reference to Andy Warhol’s Factory and to the life that one of the Warholian Darlings would live. Personally, I feel that the narrative would have been a lot more interesting with these details included.

Furthermore, we are really only seeing things from the perspective of Candy Darling. The book would be a lot more interesting if we had the thoughts and feelings of her contemporaries included.

Overall, Candy Darling is an interesting read, however, if you want to know the explicit details of ‘Factory Life’ then you will be wasting your time reading this book.

Candy Darling by Candy Darling will be available on the 17th of February 2015.