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catarinalobo's review against another edition
5.0
eu amo os diários da SS e quero sempre voltar a eles
sarahfonseca's review against another edition
3.0
The 'eh' rating's not on Susan, but Susan's editorial son, David Rieff, whose annotations were a bit too few and far between in some places (for example, it would've been nice to know that writer Sigrid Nunez and David were partnered at the time of these journals) and excessive in others. I'd read the first volume (Reborn) prior to this one and really enjoyed its flow, the balance of personal and ideological, and length. I wanted more. With this volume, I was overwhelmed; too much information, far too concentrated. It took me a few months to get through this volume, if only because Sontag references ideas and things which I know nothing about, thus--as an autodidact--I had to spend time armchair-researching while reading. The irony of coming out of reading this with a laundry list of new vocabulary and an over post-it'd copy of As Consciousness is Harnessed would not have been lost on Susan.
shlackspot's review against another edition
5.0
Leer los más íntimos pensamientos de esta mujer es un privilegio. Es que alucino con lo brillante y sensible que era ❤️
laura_sonja's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed reading this, but I wish it had been slightly less edited - there are some passages that are nearly impossible to read because of how many square-bracketed explanations there are. Plus, abbreviations like “betw” feel very different than “betw[een]” so I do kind of wish those had just been left alone. Still definitely worth reading though!
laurelsanders's review against another edition
4.0
Abandoned it some months ago cos I couldn't get through the Vietnam section (too fragmented and vague) but as a whole incredibly insightful and fun. on page 409 she calls Fitzgerald's oeuvre "midcult junk"
gasbolina's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
lots to agree with and lots to disagree with; either way, underlined most of the book. god what a mind.