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Reviews tagging 'Ableism'
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
13 reviews
julesdmuells's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
I just want to turn back to the front and read it all over again, and again And again. I don't know if it would resonate with people who don't enjoy writing but my goodness does it feel like food for the soul to me. Anne Lamott makes outdated and off-color comments, and despite it she is still so funny, and her words in combination with the brilliant execution of the audiobook narrator Susan Bennett had me stifling laughter everywhere I took this. I should've read it sooner.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Death of parent
gay's review against another edition
medium-paced
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Racism
katienelso's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Remarkable musings about life as a writer sprinkled with moments of “oh this was definitely written in the 90s” (in a bad way)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, and Alcoholism
merricatfromblackwood's review against another edition
Could not get past the ableism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
carolinecherry's review against another edition
Bland advice mixed with ableism and other bigotry
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry
rahthesungod's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
2.0
For novice writers who don’t recommend outdated language regarding marginalized people and strange racism.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism and Racism
likeagilmoregirl's review
informative
fast-paced
1.5
Several people had recommended this to me to help with my writing journey as it had helped them with theirs. I’m really glad this book was useful for them, but it was definitely not for me. Unfortunately, reading through this was a miserable experience for me. Overall, I felt like I got maybe two good pointers from this book.
I think that the points the author was trying to make would have come across just as well, if not better, had they been listed out in a small blog post. It felt that a majority of the book was filler; nonsensical and sometimes borderline cringey or distasteful jokes that the author threw in to be “funny”. It was full of self-depreciation and unnecessary analogies that really distracted from the overall point of the writing.
I hope others will give this book a chance and possibly find it useful for them. Sadly. It was not a match for me.
I think that the points the author was trying to make would have come across just as well, if not better, had they been listed out in a small blog post. It felt that a majority of the book was filler; nonsensical and sometimes borderline cringey or distasteful jokes that the author threw in to be “funny”. It was full of self-depreciation and unnecessary analogies that really distracted from the overall point of the writing.
I hope others will give this book a chance and possibly find it useful for them. Sadly. It was not a match for me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Death, and Death of parent
confused_lemon's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
apollos_books's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.5
revisited this book after reading it in high school and enjoying it. sadly i really did not like it very much this time around. this book is heavier on the memoir than the reference side of things, which is fine but i was searching for more guidance on writing. i took notes on everything directly related to how to write, including inspiring quotes, and in total it fit about 3 pages of a word doc.
also...this book aged very poorly. lamott makes several extremely sus, lazy comments about race throughout the book, which significantly reduced her credibility for me. there are also a number of references in this book that i did not understand at all. at least the writing advice, when included, is timeless.
also...this book aged very poorly. lamott makes several extremely sus, lazy comments about race throughout the book, which significantly reduced her credibility for me. there are also a number of references in this book that i did not understand at all. at least the writing advice, when included, is timeless.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism and Racism
rebeccajlachance's review against another edition
The language in this book is so ableist I could not bear to continue. I can see why people fall for Lamott’s quirky self-effacing “humor” but for me, the fact that by page 53 I’ve already been put off many more times than I’ve been inspired is a no-go.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism