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rainbowbookworm's review
3.0
The book is interesting, but it is more about her life as an addict with sprinkled vignettes about her experiences in restaurants and restaurant kitchens.
lilnoto's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
greyemk's review
3.5
This is a memoir whose primary issue is lack of focus. Is it about addiction and recovery? Or about food? About sexuality and gender? Or about family? These are all thematically here but they’re not tied together very well and they feel separate, not interlinked. I didn’t get enough depth in any of the themes.
That said I did read through this quick and I’m glad I read it. The themes are interesting to me, and it’s nice having some nonfiction takes on them that maybe are in the middle of processing. The book was a gift, it’s been on my shelf a long time, and the story was nice and a good fit for the prompt (“a book that will heal you”).
That said I did read through this quick and I’m glad I read it. The themes are interesting to me, and it’s nice having some nonfiction takes on them that maybe are in the middle of processing. The book was a gift, it’s been on my shelf a long time, and the story was nice and a good fit for the prompt (“a book that will heal you”).
cor_luz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death, and Addiction
Minor: Homophobia
brice_mo's review
2.0
So disappointing! Really unfocused, and one of those instances where the author maybe misidentifies what is interesting about their story. I feel like the editor should have been more proactive in drawing out Iliana Regan’s strengths because there are definitely interesting things here—they just get lost under everything else.