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joeydragonfly's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book, but tired of it's navel-gazing quality, typical of journal entries, which are often best kept in a journal.
annalyle's review against another edition
2.0
Most of the book was unrelatable to me - motherhood, divorce, sifting through how to choose better partners, etc. (The idea of unrelatable is something the author speaks to often in the book in an almost resentful tone, but that's truly how it felt). Only towards the latter 4/5 of the book did I begin to gleam something, regarding wage gaps, careers, what others think of women pursuing careers and larger lives, etc. In the end I am glad I read it, but I don't think I'd recommend it to others that I know, unless you're just really wanting something to read.
jocelynw's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this up because I ran across an aside in which someone said Katie Roiphe's few pages in this about her relationship with an older man contain more insight than My Dark Vanessa. I don't agree; I thought it was actually the least insightful piece in the book, interestingly; she didn't seem to me to inhabit that former identity enough in order to really say something new about it. But I did leave highlights scattered throughout the other pieces; she delves into gendered interpersonal power in thoughtful ways, some of which were revelatory, some of which are aspects I've noticed myself. A good book to nod along to.
mellis's review
1.0
I will die confused over the 5 star reviews this book received from other women.
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