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readingtotravel's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Grief, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Blood and Cursing
Minor: Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
rochidiaz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Truly unlike anything else I've ever read. Maggie Nelson is one of the best writers of our time, the way she put together this book is so perfect and unique. Incredible and heartbreaking.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder
jenniferlynnkrohn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.25
As someone who enjoys the occasional true crime, I have noticed that books dealing with real life murder tend to reduce the victims to just victims. Even if some time is given to victims' lives, their lives are often framed as though they were fated to be murdered. What I appreciate about Maggie Nelson's Jane: A Murder is that its about reconstructing Nelson's aunt Jane. Nelson is trying to get to know and understand a woman she has never met but whose life and presence is felt in Nelson's life. By using excerpts of Jane's journal, we do not meet someone who has be rendered angelic, too good for this world, by tragedy and memory, but rather a person flawed and full of life. The greatest mystery is not who murdered her, but rather the mystery that all people carry, who she is.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual violence
Minor: Rape
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