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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. I'm still thinking about it.
There are certain words people will use to describe this kind of memoir: Raw. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Painful. Brilliant. And it is all of these things, but really it is a spectacular work of art, and I am in awe of this writer's craft.
There are certain words people will use to describe this kind of memoir: Raw. Heartbreaking. Powerful. Painful. Brilliant. And it is all of these things, but really it is a spectacular work of art, and I am in awe of this writer's craft.
"It was polarizing to be told there was a diagnosis for the behaviors I felt justified in having."
"I remember my first creative writing professor in nonfiction asked his class not to write about abortions or car wrecks. I thought, 'You're going to know about my abortion in detail.' If only there had been a car crash that same day."
"Therapy is fucking hard. My therapists didn't pity me -- not the good ones. They made me strip myself of pandering, manipulation, presentation; they wanted the truth more desperately than I did. And then they wanted me to speak it, live it every moment."
"I remember my first creative writing professor in nonfiction asked his class not to write about abortions or car wrecks. I thought, 'You're going to know about my abortion in detail.' If only there had been a car crash that same day."
"Therapy is fucking hard. My therapists didn't pity me -- not the good ones. They made me strip myself of pandering, manipulation, presentation; they wanted the truth more desperately than I did. And then they wanted me to speak it, live it every moment."
Very intense and raw memoir. Non-linear and steam of consciousness which I found difficult to follow especially in the audiobook format
Maybe this book doesn’t lend itself well to audio. It felt chaotic and hard to follow and just wasn’t enjoyable to me.
CW: suicide attempts, violence, incest, child abuse
CW: suicide attempts, violence, incest, child abuse
Powerful and moving. My only complaint is that the story jumped around a lot and would sometime be confusing of what the author was talking about. But, the memoir was beautifully and poetically written.
The author’s heartbreaking story is interwoven with beautiful poetry.
The writing is disjointed and frantic. But it felt fitting.
What I didn’t like were the constant stream of questions and the way the book is written as if the author is addressing her 2nd husband. Why did she keep centering him in her story? This format made the memoir feel like diary entries or long paragraph text messages that girls write to their ex.
The writing is disjointed and frantic. But it felt fitting.
What I didn’t like were the constant stream of questions and the way the book is written as if the author is addressing her 2nd husband. Why did she keep centering him in her story? This format made the memoir feel like diary entries or long paragraph text messages that girls write to their ex.
this is super hard for me to rate. from a literary perspective, it was great. the language was truly beautiful and poetic and unlike anythink i have ever read before. but from a personal perspective, i struggled with this. i wasn't super into it and wasn't excited to read on and i was actually glad that it only had a little over a 100 pages.
emotional
reflective
sad