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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 stars. A mixed bag this one - on the one hand I highlighted SO many passages in this book because so many of the narrator’s preoccupations were so familiar and insightful, like hearing voicemails left by my own brain. On the other hand, it got a bit repetitive and the narrator was very self-obsessed. But it was such an interesting book. Poetic, insightful, philosophical, so many musings on art, feminism, life. Worth a read. Particularly if you are woman artist in your late thirties and feel frustrated that a lot of your mental energy is spent pondering the children question.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Meandering navalgazing.
A million questions, a couple of semi profound answers. A lot of nonsense too, if I'm honest.
It doesn't really touch upon lots of the factors I would have thought affected someone's decision to be a mother - i thought there would be way more consideration of the environment, owning a home, money.
But Heti just doesn't want a child, but feels she should want a child, and it's 284 pages of rambling diary entries about that. Nothing actually happens except she ages and eventually comes to her decision.
I think she needed a therapist rather than this amount of thinking and thought - but maybe, at 25, all these thoughts are yet to come for me.
A million questions, a couple of semi profound answers. A lot of nonsense too, if I'm honest.
It doesn't really touch upon lots of the factors I would have thought affected someone's decision to be a mother - i thought there would be way more consideration of the environment, owning a home, money.
But Heti just doesn't want a child, but feels she should want a child, and it's 284 pages of rambling diary entries about that. Nothing actually happens except she ages and eventually comes to her decision.
I think she needed a therapist rather than this amount of thinking and thought - but maybe, at 25, all these thoughts are yet to come for me.