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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
This book was hard to read .... Because I related to the author's naysayers and that sucked. So many of her decisions weren't the logical ones that I thought were obvious. I admired that the author kept going. She didn't choose the easy way out, she didn't look for a devious or illegal option. She just kept going.
I didn’t read Maid, but I did enjoy the miniseries. It provided a needed glimpse into the unrelenting difficulty of being poor in America. It was difficult to watch at times and I imagine I would have felt the same while reading the book.
Because of that, I was excited to read this sequel. However, the book was a bit of a disappointment. I see a lot of negative reviews based on people’s judgement of the author’s life choices. I tried to avoid being judgmental about her decisions, but at times that proved difficult as she seemed to be the cause of many of her problems. She also seems to lack the self awareness to recognize these occurrences, choosing instead to find blame with other people or with society in general.
My main disappointment with the book, however, isn’t the authors life choices, but her editorial ones. Some stories are told with incredible detail, whereas others are simply explained away in one or two sentences (her falling out with another single mom friend near the end of the book being the most egregious example). I feel like she left some of the best parts of the book on the cutting room floor and the book is lacking as a result.
Because of that, I was excited to read this sequel. However, the book was a bit of a disappointment. I see a lot of negative reviews based on people’s judgement of the author’s life choices. I tried to avoid being judgmental about her decisions, but at times that proved difficult as she seemed to be the cause of many of her problems. She also seems to lack the self awareness to recognize these occurrences, choosing instead to find blame with other people or with society in general.
My main disappointment with the book, however, isn’t the authors life choices, but her editorial ones. Some stories are told with incredible detail, whereas others are simply explained away in one or two sentences (her falling out with another single mom friend near the end of the book being the most egregious example). I feel like she left some of the best parts of the book on the cutting room floor and the book is lacking as a result.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
emotional
fast-paced
medium-paced
Picked up this book for book club and listened to the audiobook on a long drive. Stephanie Land is a talented non-fiction author and she is good at bringing events to life. I didn’t identify with her or her choices, which made this a very difficult book to get through. I felt like the entire narrative was Land playing the victim of circumstance, even though she chose much of the circumstances. I’m proud of her for sharing the story and I’m happy that she found her voice as a writer, her actual childhood dream.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced