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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
part biography, part social commentary, part self help - I didn’t know a lot about Frida’s life, so it was cool to learn more about the person behind the pictures, and this was a fun format to do that - but the author repeated herself a lot throughout the different chapters, and I wish she had included pictures of the paintings she was referencing - I just found myself googling them throughout the book
Finished this book in 3 sittings bc it was THAT GOOD. I’ve read so much about Frida but love discovering more about her. Truly unpredictable, fascinating and uncompromising woman
What Would Frida Do? talks about Frida’s life, love for her art and her husband most of all, her pain and heartaches, her passion and living life to the fullest despite of her circumstances.
Not much of a Frida fan as I only know that she is a Mexican artist and been being some souvenir stuff with her face on it. When I read this book, I learned a lot about her life and her works. I keep on googling all the works that the author mentioned in the book, only to find out my daughter has a Frida book we bought way back that she used it as reference for some of her art work.
The book was presented in ten chapters referencing on Frida’s life and work detailing some of the most intimate stories of her life. I enjoyed the author’s writing and the researched she put into this book is commendable. At the end of each chapter, she put in some lessons or thoughts on what would Frida do that we can also apply into our lives. Although I find some of the passages in the book she keeps on repeating and most of the lessons she presented are general and something that can found in other self-help books. But overall, I loved and enjoyed reading this and if you are fan or curious to know more about her as an icon, you need to read this.
In the last chapter titled Viva La Vida, I did not know that the song by Coldplay was inspired by Frida Khalo. After all the pain and suffering she endures over the course of her life time, in which some say she did her best works during the most painful moments, she demonstrates her love for life and yes, Long Live Life!
Thank you netgalley for the eARC.
Not much of a Frida fan as I only know that she is a Mexican artist and been being some souvenir stuff with her face on it. When I read this book, I learned a lot about her life and her works. I keep on googling all the works that the author mentioned in the book, only to find out my daughter has a Frida book we bought way back that she used it as reference for some of her art work.
The book was presented in ten chapters referencing on Frida’s life and work detailing some of the most intimate stories of her life. I enjoyed the author’s writing and the researched she put into this book is commendable. At the end of each chapter, she put in some lessons or thoughts on what would Frida do that we can also apply into our lives. Although I find some of the passages in the book she keeps on repeating and most of the lessons she presented are general and something that can found in other self-help books. But overall, I loved and enjoyed reading this and if you are fan or curious to know more about her as an icon, you need to read this.
In the last chapter titled Viva La Vida, I did not know that the song by Coldplay was inspired by Frida Khalo. After all the pain and suffering she endures over the course of her life time, in which some say she did her best works during the most painful moments, she demonstrates her love for life and yes, Long Live Life!
Thank you netgalley for the eARC.
While I can appreciate the research that went into this book, I did not like Davis’ writing. As a cohesive piece of work, the chapters felt slapped together and dully formulaic, with certain facts or anecdotes being repeated multiple times throughout. My experience reading this book was quite staccato, proceeding in fits and starts, as I kept stopping to google individual paintings and people. Honestly, what kept me going was the richness of Frida’s life itself. 2.5 stars
I went into this book with little knowledge of Frida and her life. I felt like this was a good wrap up of her life and the key things that people would talk about in history. The author recited many quotes, described Fridas love, work, and family life and mixed it in nicely with some self help ideas. This is book truly encourages feminism and being a strong woman in a society that has unhealthy expectations for women. While this was a good read, it was just okay in the sense that I would want to re read it or recomend it to someone else. If you would like the cliff notes on Frida's life then this might be the book for you.
This book is advertised as part biography, part self-help, but I’d mostly characterize it as a biography of Frida Kahlo. If you’re a fan of Frida - not just her art, but also her fearless and unapologetic personality, you may enjoy this book. I definitely learned more about her than I knew before.
Having said that, this book does get pretty repetitive, and I was tempted to put it aside many times.
Having said that, this book does get pretty repetitive, and I was tempted to put it aside many times.