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ashalucienne's review
3.0
Okay don't hate me. I read this because I felt an unreasonable amount of mental clarity from Uncanny Valley and thought this was a similar memoir about women in high-income, male-dominated fields. but wow was it hard to empathize or learn anything from this one. after years of working in finance she only realizes that people are solely interested in profit when she doesn't get what she wants? when she works too hard? when she doesn't get paid enough or enough stake in the fund? I was a little disappointed that was the only realization. like, duh! we all already knew that... so anyway I was a little disappointed with this read. don't get me wrong, it was interesting to read as a story, to follow someone's life. but the "moral" or the "lesson" at the end totally threw me off this path, sorry.
jessicamaywillock's review
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Decent book - more interesting when focused on the workplace dynamics and the authors history. Less time needed to be spent on internal emotional questions of debate.
njcil's review
5.0
I absolutely ate this up! Carrie you are brave as hell and I hope you’re doing well
elisanolasco's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
2.75
While at times an interesting peak into investment funds, not much felt that surprising or revelatory. I would have liked less technical descriptions of the work done at the firm and more depth in her personal reflections since it’s a memoir and not an expose.
trix_lyn's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
End of the book really saved the rating on this. A lot of it made me keep going “girl, you don’t seriously believe this fin bro do you?” At least she gets it in the end. Last part of the book is really emotional too and took me by surprise. Over all it was an alright listen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Eating disorder