Reviews

The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick

tenderedge's review against another edition

4.0

A love songs to the streets of New York; it got me off my duff and to Brooklyn for a visit, and here I am, still revolving in Gornick's world.

ingeborg_frey's review against another edition

08.08.2020
Nydelig!
Denne kom akkurat på riktig tidspunkt. Første uka i Bergen.
En liten guide for hvordan man tar eierskap på livet. Og spørsmålet - hva skal til for å være et menneske? Hvordan blir man en del av/tilknyttet til et sted/andre mennesker?

village_of_fowl_devotees's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

Felt very dated.

ireneronda's review against another edition

4.0

presiento que gornick y yo vamos a ser muy buenas amigas

lavenderbutch's review against another edition

DNF. Pretentious and devoid of the emotion it claims to build itself upon. The musings stem from entitlement and lack any semblance of community with anyone else. The only thing saving this book is the structure of it. 

Also it mentioned Freud in a positive light and that pissed me off. AND quoted Winston Churchill??

Also— she’s so clearly racist. Specifically, that “white-woman” racism she masks behind a veil of “radical feminism.” Hot take, she’s not that radical. 

hauntedwell's review against another edition

5.0

I'm so pleased that this is my first book of 2023. Just wonderful.

pranaysomayajula's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

carolinexelizabeth's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.25

liia's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

i enojoyed it! dropping in and out of the vignettes confused the chronology (was there even a plot? does it even matter?) but i find gornick's musings so insightful! reminded me that you only find stories when you leave the house. 

caty_murray's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

3.5