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nixiethepixie's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
thoroughly enjoyed this collection, and absolutely felt like its target audience. enjoyed the alternative perspectives it offered, and its gentle wit and humour intertwined throughout. particularly appreciated the post-work polygamy essay
georgier1's review
honestly really enjoyed the first essay, i found it really interesting. but i honestly did not understnad much of the 2nd and 3rd story
radiocryptid's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
Seemed pointless a lot of these essays. She almost got somewhere but I really got nothing out of this. Felt like it should be a tangent Ted talk you’ve written for a friends house party.
archytas's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Sally Olds has a wonderful way with essays. As much as she can deconstruct the formulae, she can also wield them, and this is often just a pleasurable read. Olds - a decade and change younger than me - writes about her 20-something milieu in ways that bring contemporary Melbourne to life. An easy favourite for me was the final essay, Crypto Forever, for the window into a world I little understand. Possibly for the same reason, a least favourite was the parts dealing with polyamory, which felt rather reminiscent of the same journeys many of my peers went on 15 years earlier. Even with material, I found less thought-provoking, however, Olds is an immensely readable writer.