Reviews

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

treelireads's review against another edition

I tried but I can’t get into it

ru_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lullabies's review

3.0

answers the very poignant question we have ALL been asking of what if caroline calloway was a prolific bisexual artist born in 1945 in a fractured and quasi-dystopian country

theshanana's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape

minty's review against another edition

2.0

Here's the thing. I have found in the past few years that I greatly dislike books that cite "resources" that are also fictional. I do not know why--this should, in theory, create a more robust world for the story--but I hate it. And this book is fulllll of citations to fictional things. So that put me off at the start.

Overall, I guess I just didn't find X as compelling as her wife did, so I never particularly cared what was discovered about her.

jessa1489's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ronfinkleburg's review

challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

gkelly's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

kdburton's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I kept wanting to never read it again and never put it down. I hated X and I wanted to know more about her. I loved the structure and craft, and I found it tedious. A book of paradox. 

Having spent much of my undergrad as an RA, helping one of my profs research feminist art periodicals in  1970s New York, this all feels very of that time. And having read Just Kids by Patti Smith earlier this year only heightened it. Art folks: I love ‘em and I hate ‘em. The artist is always muddier than their art. 

— library book 

buckshotlaureate's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5