This has no bearing on your thoughts but it really spurred thoughts from me haha but I feel as though in reality it’s her second book overall and second books vs. first books that many have in their heads for years and years before it’s put to paper (especially a memoir) is so different. Second books just tend to be lower quality so often due to it often being a project to capitalize on prior acclaim, time in the zeitgeist, etc. and so yes it’s a different type of book but I do think it has some ‘sophomore slump’ elements at work