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ohclaire's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.0
This took me several library renewals to get through—as someone just beginning to think about exercise in a meaningful way, it scared me.
bibliobrandie's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing! Perfect! Loved every minute of it! I don't actually have the proper words to describe how much I loved this. I hope we don't have to wait too long for Bechdel to write another book.
mxunsmiley's review against another edition
4.0
Kinda crazy how I saw parallels between my own pathetic quest for transcendence and hers. I think the last page was especially poignant. It was interesting to see the background for her work on Dykes to Watch Out For and her other memoirs; honestly wasn't really expecting this side of her, not in a disparaging way.
fangslibris's review against another edition
3.0
Wish I liked this more. It feels like a long ramble with nothing concrete to say.
Also disappointed in the panel of Alison wearing a pussy power hat. I really respect her, and to see her involved in something largely transphobic like that makes me sad.
Also disappointed in the panel of Alison wearing a pussy power hat. I really respect her, and to see her involved in something largely transphobic like that makes me sad.
lisaw17's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
graveyardpansy's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 — in a way that only Bechdel can, this book combines themes of exercise, relationships, growing up, and... transcendentalism! it’s introspective and tied together really elegantly. i’ve seen some critique that it’s rambling and disconnected, but it works for me, and very much reads like other work by Bechdel. i’m not even interested in exercise as like. a topic. but i do love literature and philosophy and lesbians and memoirs, and this book delivered!
alicebme's review against another edition
5.0
This was really good. At first I was not so excited about reading a whole book about a lifetime of exercising, but it ended up being a pretty cool thread to follow. I am in my 40s, so I was especially tuned in once she got there. I have also had a frozen shoulder! I have had two in a row! As more time passes I hope that my frozen shoulders form such a small part of my body’s story too.
lbarsk's review against another edition
5.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this! The art is gorgeous, both color-wise and in the special ink drawings that close each chapter, and I love the moments in which Bechdel chooses to play around with layout. As memoirs go this one is pretty damn special. I enjoyed the thread of the Romantics and their attachment to the environment, and while I don’t super understand Buddhism by any means I appreciated that through-line as well.
I’m sad I can’t talk about this with QBC because I’d love to hear their opinions! Damn you Los Angeles lol I miss NYC. Anyway - good good read. Curious to see what Bechdel might do next, as it seems that many of her most personal and intimate life stories are already on paper. Maybe more fiction?
I’m sad I can’t talk about this with QBC because I’d love to hear their opinions! Damn you Los Angeles lol I miss NYC. Anyway - good good read. Curious to see what Bechdel might do next, as it seems that many of her most personal and intimate life stories are already on paper. Maybe more fiction?