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A fun read, but a slow one for me. I think because she’s so descriptive and imaginative with her language, it took my brain longer to process haha. I did really enjoy how she described things, but when it was every sentence it was slow to get through. There’s also no clear narrative, it’s more of a train of thoughts from when she lived at her parents place, her childhood, and a little bit after. I ended up reading a bunch of her poems after, and they’re quite good, especially “Rape Joke”. After reading that you’ll get a good idea of her dead-pan humour and writing style.
Absolutely fantastic writing! Many laugh-out-loud moments. There is so much to process and I can't wait to discuss. This is one you won't want to miss! https://www.meetup.com/She-Readers-Book-Club/events/281193111/
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Once again, Patricia Lockwood finds the balance between funny and serious so well. This time, it's in memoir form, a reflection on her weird-ass family and upbringing. Her father found Catholicism and the priesthood, despite having a wife and five children, and her mother converses in absurdities and regularly voices statements completely irrelevant to any given current situation. When Lockwood and her husband fall into financial hardship, they decide to move back in with her parents, and this move prompts Lockwood to examine the strangeness of her family. And honestly, if your family is this strange, I don't know how you could not write about it.
Lockwood is a poet who is also excellent at prose writing, though her insistence on wit in every sentence weighs down the story and gives the writing a very dense feel. I'm used to funny memoirs being quick reads, and this one isn't for that reason. It's is also structured non-chronologically, which I typically don't mind, but the parts didn't end up forming a cohesive whole for me. I wonder that Lockwood sometimes gets too caught up in showcasing the absurd through her sharp writing, and the larger shell of the story suffers as a result. Still a funny, thought-provoking read, from a writer who admittedly probably isn't for everyone.
Lockwood is a poet who is also excellent at prose writing, though her insistence on wit in every sentence weighs down the story and gives the writing a very dense feel. I'm used to funny memoirs being quick reads, and this one isn't for that reason. It's is also structured non-chronologically, which I typically don't mind, but the parts didn't end up forming a cohesive whole for me. I wonder that Lockwood sometimes gets too caught up in showcasing the absurd through her sharp writing, and the larger shell of the story suffers as a result. Still a funny, thought-provoking read, from a writer who admittedly probably isn't for everyone.
I've had this as an ARC on my shelf for literal years and finally read it yesterday. It is so funny! I highly recommend reading at least the chapter entitled, "The Cum Queens of the Grand Hyatt," if you've ever found yourself making a dirty joke with your mom or just wishing you had.