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bibliocyclist's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Is lightning “sunlight played backwards”? “Could God make a freak so big even he doesn’t know what it might do?” Who is the ideal reader, and does a book ask to be born? To feel “arrowness,” to see what’s rendered visible in chosen words, check out Patricia Lockwood’s personal genesis tale Priestdaddy, named one of the ten best books of 2017 by The New York Times and awarded the 2018 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Whether auguring her Father father’s moods from the transparency of his beloved baggy boxer shorts and placement of the Rag that “smells like a crime” or lost and giddy with her mother amid the endless sea of bushy-bearded Hemingway stans in Key West, Lockwood invites readers on a rollicking exploration of her origins and prods them to examine their own. Let her take you “to the highest point to dive into eternity—or something worse.” Become the arrow, hurtling from before to what’s next. Whichever the path, “hit the apple or split the head, you are happy, you are straight ahead, you are flying.”
keen23's review against another edition
3.0
It was good, but not great. Dragged on in multiple places.
ldomo's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
Beautiful writing. Very funny in parts.
mbpartlow's review against another edition
4.0
I don't think I can say enough good things about this book.
The book starts off exceptionally funny, and that tone doesn't carry through the whole book. That's not a criticism, but one might think it's a comedic memoir, which it is not. Although there are hilarious bit and amazingly beautiful writing throughout the book.
The writing is so fresh and original. I love this author's voice.
The book starts off exceptionally funny, and that tone doesn't carry through the whole book. That's not a criticism, but one might think it's a comedic memoir, which it is not. Although there are hilarious bit and amazingly beautiful writing throughout the book.
The writing is so fresh and original. I love this author's voice.
blicksam's review against another edition
5.0
Patricia Lockwood’s books take me longer to read than others because I have to keep pausing to read certain passages aloud and enjoy the taste of them. Or I’m cracking the fuck up and need to collect myself. Either way, five stars for Priestdaddy.
october528's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.25