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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
CW many forms of physical and emotional abuse/trauma to adults and children.
While in the same vein as other indigenous memoirs, this is unapologetic and couched to be palatable to a particular (white) consumer base/audience, which really does make it feel different from similar texts.
It also is extremely well written and feels extremely present in previous events in a way I’ve rarely read. I am not sure I’ve ever interrogated any events in my past the way every moment is in this. There is a willingness to reflect on the complexities of interactions where abuse is playing out by multiple parties.
Ultimately, it is unlike anything I’ve read and hard to explain. I definitely recommend it but make sure you’re in the right headspace.
While in the same vein as other indigenous memoirs, this is unapologetic and couched to be palatable to a particular (white) consumer base/audience, which really does make it feel different from similar texts.
It also is extremely well written and feels extremely present in previous events in a way I’ve rarely read. I am not sure I’ve ever interrogated any events in my past the way every moment is in this. There is a willingness to reflect on the complexities of interactions where abuse is playing out by multiple parties.
Ultimately, it is unlike anything I’ve read and hard to explain. I definitely recommend it but make sure you’re in the right headspace.
I kept not standing up so I could meet every idea in this book in one sitting. Defiant, brilliant, insistent on existing on its own terms.
Didn’t finish. I found this wildly disjointed and not particularly interesting.
This was a heartbreaking memoir about Mailhot's experiences with mental health, family and love as well as her experience as an indigenous woman.
This memoir was so raw and felt very personal as Mailhot goes through her life. I love her poetic writing and the structure for the memoir! Please know that there is heavy content (tw: implied sexual abuse, violence).
I would not say that I enjoyed this memoir, but I'm glad I read it. For this reason, I will not be rating this memoir.
This memoir was so raw and felt very personal as Mailhot goes through her life. I love her poetic writing and the structure for the memoir! Please know that there is heavy content (tw: implied sexual abuse, violence).
I would not say that I enjoyed this memoir, but I'm glad I read it. For this reason, I will not be rating this memoir.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
dark
sad
slow-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
informative
reflective
sad
not sure how i would even rate this to be honest, how do you give a rating to a memoir and someone's life.
that being said, the writing was good although very confusing in the beginning. it just felt like hit after hit after hit from her mother to her father to childhood trauma and teen marriage while everything leads to not feeling like a good mother and being constantly disrespected by her partner. all of this combined with the harsh reality that is the indigenous life and how they're still part of a cultural and physical genocide (from erasure to missing women)
that being said, the writing was good although very confusing in the beginning. it just felt like hit after hit after hit from her mother to her father to childhood trauma and teen marriage while everything leads to not feeling like a good mother and being constantly disrespected by her partner. all of this combined with the harsh reality that is the indigenous life and how they're still part of a cultural and physical genocide (from erasure to missing women)
challenging