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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
medium-paced
I went to go check the authors author work and on twitter she retweets tweets framing Palestinians as Nazis and pretending calling the creation of Israel European colonialism is antisemitic when that is literally explicitly what the people who wanted to create and created the modern state of Israel called themselves in their own writing before even getting into how Palestine was a British colony that BRITAIN gave them bc they wanted to seem humane in expelling Jewish people from their countries as did the rest of Europe. It is literally a European project that has actively for decades wanted to be seen as European extension in the Middle East.
An author like that has nothing to offer me
An author like that has nothing to offer me
medium-paced
[1 star] I'm a person who first of all is not a mom and unless the universe pulls one heck of a plot twist, I will never be a parent. So yeah, obviously I am not the audience for this short story collection and yes I cannot relate to the struggles of motherhood. But. I am a person with a pretty decent moral compass and try to treat people decently and I feel like Jessi Klein went farther to portray herself as being completely unfit to be a parent or caretaker of really, honestly any living creature let alone a child. Some of the stories in this are simply mind boggling and frustrating to read because if Jessi Klein didn't benefit from heaps of privilege, celebrity, and money bragging about these anecdotes would at the very least warrant a visit from protective services, if not him being taken away. And yes the privilege of having a night nurse while their baby was a newborn, a live in nanny who travels with them, and the ability to be self employed really render her narrative of the difficulties of motherhood completely moot. Motherhood is, obviously, one of the great challenges of life. Being a good mother is a very hard thing to accomplish in life, but Jessi Klein despite her wish to represent the difficulties of motherhood, cannot possibly understand the struggles of the average even middle class mom, let alone a single mom or a mom struggling in poverty. Plus, there's an entire chapter of her fantasizing and romanticizing being a lesbian which you know being a lesbian is like being anything else there's still problems and conflicts among the nice fun things. So maybe don't do that, Jessi. It's disrespectful. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the chapter on Nate and Jeremiah which I felt was so creepy, weird, and fetishistic I almost stopped listening. Maybe I'm being oversensitive, but I'd not recommend if you are or not a mom. A waste of time. If you want a book about the difficulties of motherhood go read Maid.
reflective
fast-paced
Vulnerable and numerous essays on what it is like to be a mother. I laughed, I nodded in agreement and at times went oh wow, this is interesting. I can't say I agree with it all, but it was a very enjoyable listen.
funny
medium-paced
funny
reflective
fast-paced
some funny insights but completely out of the blue in most of the book. The fact that she never had experience anything with a baby - even the most simple tasks is just weird to me. anyway, I get that I don’t think I would be related much with the book since i’m not a mom yet (i’m a nanny tho) but it was just weird!
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
I decided to give this one a try when I saw it on the list of recommended books for the Women's History Month prompt for the New Year Kindle Challenge. I figured it would be a fun, fast read (and my library had an ebook copy available when I ready to tackle this prompt). It was a fast read, but that may be due to the fact I ended up skimming quite a bit.
I thought the essays might be more of a mix of ones that focused on midlife issues and others that focused more on motherhood, but almost all of them were more about motherhood. And I found them a little flat. I wasn't expecting a deep, soul-searching exploration given this was touted as a humorous collection. But. I also didn't expect to be bored and I kinda was. Hence, the skimming. I don't know that I would have connected more if I were a mother myself, tbh. I've read and enjoyed other essay collections that included pieces on motherhood, so I don't think it was the subject matter. This just wasn't the essay collection for me.
I selected this as my pick for the Women's History Month prompt for the 2023 New Year Kindle Challenge.
I thought the essays might be more of a mix of ones that focused on midlife issues and others that focused more on motherhood, but almost all of them were more about motherhood. And I found them a little flat. I wasn't expecting a deep, soul-searching exploration given this was touted as a humorous collection. But. I also didn't expect to be bored and I kinda was. Hence, the skimming. I don't know that I would have connected more if I were a mother myself, tbh. I've read and enjoyed other essay collections that included pieces on motherhood, so I don't think it was the subject matter. This just wasn't the essay collection for me.
I selected this as my pick for the Women's History Month prompt for the 2023 New Year Kindle Challenge.