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jennrobyn's review against another edition
4.0
✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨
Rabbit: A Memoir by Patricia Williams
TW/CW: drug abuse, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, gun violence, drug dealing, death of family members, language, sexual assault, rape, child abuse, neglect
First of all I want to say a HUGE thank you to my sweet friend Mel @ohthebooksshewillread for recommending that I listen to this memoir. I loved it so much.
This is not an easy story to listen too, as you can tell by the content and trigger warnings I’ve included, I may have even missed some. But this memoir was the ultimate rags to riches story.
Patricia Williams has had to overcome more obstacles that one person should ever have to in their life and she talks about that openly and honestly in this book. I appreciated her candidness and her transparency. It was these things that made her story really resonate with me even though our upbringings couldn’t be any more like night and day.
I don’t know that this story wouldn’t have been the same without Miss Pat’s humour. Her life had some VERY dark times in it but she uses her humour to weave this memoir in a way that can’t help but have the reader almost always smiling, and laughing out loud many, many times.
This was a fantastic read (listen) and if you love memoirs I am highly recommending you read or listen to this one. There are lessons of perseverance and survival here to learn for all of us ♥️
Rabbit: A Memoir by Patricia Williams
TW/CW: drug abuse, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, gun violence, drug dealing, death of family members, language, sexual assault, rape, child abuse, neglect
First of all I want to say a HUGE thank you to my sweet friend Mel @ohthebooksshewillread for recommending that I listen to this memoir. I loved it so much.
This is not an easy story to listen too, as you can tell by the content and trigger warnings I’ve included, I may have even missed some. But this memoir was the ultimate rags to riches story.
Patricia Williams has had to overcome more obstacles that one person should ever have to in their life and she talks about that openly and honestly in this book. I appreciated her candidness and her transparency. It was these things that made her story really resonate with me even though our upbringings couldn’t be any more like night and day.
I don’t know that this story wouldn’t have been the same without Miss Pat’s humour. Her life had some VERY dark times in it but she uses her humour to weave this memoir in a way that can’t help but have the reader almost always smiling, and laughing out loud many, many times.
This was a fantastic read (listen) and if you love memoirs I am highly recommending you read or listen to this one. There are lessons of perseverance and survival here to learn for all of us ♥️
brigette721's review
3.0
All you have to do is dream. And dream she did. A hood rags to riches kinda of story.
lashawnwiltz's review
3.0
Everyone loved this book but me.
Oh it was good. Her story is an excellent story about over coming ALL the odds. I laughed, I shook my head, I felt sorry for her , I cheered her on.
My issue was this: this wasn’t fiction. It was real life. I’ve known TOO MANY friends and relatives who actually grew up like this who this could’ve been their story.
I was not entertained. This story was only entertainment if you haven’t been there, seen it or know someone who has been through it .
Oh it was good. Her story is an excellent story about over coming ALL the odds. I laughed, I shook my head, I felt sorry for her , I cheered her on.
My issue was this: this wasn’t fiction. It was real life. I’ve known TOO MANY friends and relatives who actually grew up like this who this could’ve been their story.
I was not entertained. This story was only entertainment if you haven’t been there, seen it or know someone who has been through it .
zakiyyah321's review
5.0
I love everything Ms Pat! She is so raw, open, honest, and FUNNY! Reading her back story was not only entertaining but understanding and encouraging that one can come from extenuating circumstances and still overcome!
awilborn4's review
5.0
This is my first audiobook read and autobiography. I loved it! Ms. Pat gave her comedy through the struggle and I loved her life lessons.
nuhafariha's review
4.0
Rabbit made me laugh til I wanted to cry and cry until I wanted to laugh. Finding the absurdity in deep intergenerational poverty is a tough balance and the book walked the border of being too callous and yet deeply understanding. Above all, it’s written from a place of love for the hood and yearning to understand why people make the tough decisions that they do and how forgiving and helping people can be even when they have next to nothing themselves. It also makes you think about parenting in a different way, about how family is not always family, how a community brings up a child.
notesonbookmarks's review
4.0
This book was unbelievably good. I sat there with my mouth open, and kept forgetting this wasn't a novel!