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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
I really enjoyed this book. It deals with intense topics, so parts of it are difficult to read. But I liked this book and feel it is worth reading.
inspiring
medium-paced
Sarah Polley for world leader supreme !! This was so excellent, so Canadiana-core. Thanku for the rec, mum <3
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Tore through this book. Would recommend! It was so interesting to learn more about Sarah Polley’s life and it was super easy to read. I think I’m realizing that I love to learn about people’s lives, just for the sake of learning about them. Maybe I should read more memoir. But I liked how this had a theme and stuck to the essay structure. It also helps that Sarah Polley has had a very interesting life. The concussion advice is good advice that I need to follow way more in my own life (even though I don’t have post-concussion symptoms).
Sometimes things would get a little repetitive. Like, it almost felt like the essays were meant to be able to be read independently of each other if necessary. (<- that’s a bad sentence). Which makes sense honestly. But since I read this book in like one day I noticed those things more.
This book did inspire me to rewatch The Sweet Hereafter which is wild because that’s a depressing-ass movie but it did in fact hold up. Maybe I’ll read the tale of the Pied Piper now??
Minus half a star because she didn’t mention Go which is like my favorite movie ever. Maybe that’s a good thing though cause it means there were no bad / dangerous stories about Go
Sometimes things would get a little repetitive. Like, it almost felt like the essays were meant to be able to be read independently of each other if necessary. (<- that’s a bad sentence). Which makes sense honestly. But since I read this book in like one day I noticed those things more.
This book did inspire me to rewatch The Sweet Hereafter which is wild because that’s a depressing-ass movie but it did in fact hold up. Maybe I’ll read the tale of the Pied Piper now??
Minus half a star because she didn’t mention Go which is like my favorite movie ever. Maybe that’s a good thing though cause it means there were no bad / dangerous stories about Go
challenging
emotional
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
I think I'm a little in love with Sarah Polley, and have been for a while. I like the movies she's chosen to act in as an adult, and I like the movies she's directed. And this is a hell of a well-written book that tackles some difficult-to-talk-about topics. Don't let this one pass you by.
I found this book really compelling. I didn’t know anything about Sarah Polley before I read this. By the last essay I had lost a little sympathy for her, I have to admit, but I found her to be really endearingly, honest, empathetic, and smart.
reflective
fast-paced