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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
Levy writes really well, but I found her book to be self-absorbed (I know it’s a memoir) and overwrought.
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
**Importantly, I would content warn this for pre-term birth and infant death, as well as alcohol addiction**
This book was heartbreaking and cathartic.
I went into it expecting a largely heterosexual life experience....and it was the exact opposite.
My life recently fell apart - I was in a lesbian relationship for 6 years, and it self-destructed in a brutal way. I'm also infertile, albeit a decade younger than Ariel was at the climax of the book...the clock does not tick the same for all of us. I picked up this book in search of catharsis, and it did not disappoint.
Easy to follow and so very well written, conveying emotion in a natural, beautiful way, and incredibly introspective - I haven't read a lot of memoirs like this one. Ariel manages to both talk about the incredible loss and suffering she has experienced, while fully acknowledging her own misgivings, incredibly self-aware (especially following such suffering that can so easily drown anything else).
"All of my conjuring had led only to ruin and death. Now I was a wounded witch, wailing in the forest, undone."
This book was heartbreaking and cathartic.
I went into it expecting a largely heterosexual life experience....and it was the exact opposite.
My life recently fell apart - I was in a lesbian relationship for 6 years, and it self-destructed in a brutal way. I'm also infertile, albeit a decade younger than Ariel was at the climax of the book...the clock does not tick the same for all of us. I picked up this book in search of catharsis, and it did not disappoint.
Easy to follow and so very well written, conveying emotion in a natural, beautiful way, and incredibly introspective - I haven't read a lot of memoirs like this one. Ariel manages to both talk about the incredible loss and suffering she has experienced, while fully acknowledging her own misgivings, incredibly self-aware (especially following such suffering that can so easily drown anything else).
"All of my conjuring had led only to ruin and death. Now I was a wounded witch, wailing in the forest, undone."
Ariel Levy writes so well that I was immediately hooked into reading this book even though I have a large stack of books to read. The problem with this style of writing is that the story has no happy resolution. The style of writing is called the Romantic Loser because they strive to get ahead and never do. It can be frustrating to read if you are expecting a romantic happy ending.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced
The writing is good. The work is wonderfully introspective. Parts of this are very self-obsessed. At times I found myself feeling empathy for her and her situations, yet other times it was difficult to empathize with her when she showed a lack of it for others.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
slow-paced