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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
Quite the reflection on modern feminism versus second wave feminism through the storytelling of a mother and daughter. What a wild ride of an older generational woman coming to terms with the life she sacrificed to have her child. A lovely, timely feminist read.
A story about a stumbling, middle-aged white woman, after the 2016 election, who is doing her best to be self-aware & socially-conscious. She is sometimes insufferable in spite of this, sometimes insufferable because of this, sometimes delightful, and often relatable (whether this causes the reader to feel gleeful or shameful vacillates). She is struggling to be a good mother, a good daughter, and to belong to herself. She separates from her husband and buys an historical but run-down home in the “rough part” of Syracuse, NY. She wants “a room of one’s own” inside of herself and outside, while also dealing with her own mortality and that of those she loves. Spiotta writes poignantly and sardonically, earning her blurb from George Saunders. This is my first time reading her but it won’t be my last.
Kind of a rambling snapshot of an upper middle class white women going through a lot of life changes. It had a lot of heart and I was surprisingly emotional by the end. I'd really like to give it 3.5 stars, but can't justify 4. I liked the writing style, it was maybe just more niche than I could connect with.
I loved this book, because it felt nuanced and I liked the narrator. But in the reviews, people are saying that the book was simplistic and that they couldn't stand the narrator. So it's possible that I'm stupid
Feeling mixed about this one. I liked it at the paragraph level but it didn't hang together for me as a whole. The rage of a liberal privileged white woman seemed to go in too many directions and her reactions were often confusing.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
gorgeous gorgeous girls spend hours thinking about what motherhood and womanhood has done to them, has done to their mothers, and what it could do to their future daughters. I blew through this book in a single day and now consider myself a dana spiotta super fan
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes