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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
dark
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I just really wanted more from this on every level.
It's well written but brutally? I just don't think there's enough here to justify a book. These experiences all seem incredibly common. This level of mental unrest does not feel earth-shattering. This degree of privilege makes it all seem cushioned, anyway.
Hate to dunk on a memoir, and in the spirit of fairness I did think it was written pretty competently, even skilfully at times. I just - it was light. It was flimsy. There was no meat to this memoir.
I wonder if perhaps the author is just way too close to the divorce she alludes to and the residential stay she completed to have developed any real perspective on it. The whole book has the feel of a polished diary rather than a memoir and that makes it feel all a bit pointless. I needed it to be less in the moment and more of an analysis after the fact. Otherwise it's just a woman talking about frankly pretty everyday feelings and experiences and then plugging some lamps.
It's well written but brutally? I just don't think there's enough here to justify a book. These experiences all seem incredibly common. This level of mental unrest does not feel earth-shattering. This degree of privilege makes it all seem cushioned, anyway.
Hate to dunk on a memoir, and in the spirit of fairness I did think it was written pretty competently, even skilfully at times. I just - it was light. It was flimsy. There was no meat to this memoir.
I wonder if perhaps the author is just way too close to the divorce she alludes to and the residential stay she completed to have developed any real perspective on it. The whole book has the feel of a polished diary rather than a memoir and that makes it feel all a bit pointless. I needed it to be less in the moment and more of an analysis after the fact. Otherwise it's just a woman talking about frankly pretty everyday feelings and experiences and then plugging some lamps.
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
the first 60% is great, but just when i thought character development was about to kick in, so did the NDA (allegedly). I felt like the cathartic moment where she did some inner work and realized it wasn't men she hated but her need to please them (and their expectation to be pleased) never hit.
Frankly, the writing was really good and I enjoyed her voice, so it was disappointing to find there was no arc to the narrative. I wanted the John Mulaney stuff not to matter (I know he wasn't named or talked about going in) but I felt it missing. It's clear that something happened in that relationship that changed her outlook and I missed it in it's absence.
It's worth a read if you're interested in hetero gender dynamics, but I'd read it through the lens of an unreliable narrator.
Frankly, the writing was really good and I enjoyed her voice, so it was disappointing to find there was no arc to the narrative. I wanted the John Mulaney stuff not to matter (I know he wasn't named or talked about going in) but I felt it missing. It's clear that something happened in that relationship that changed her outlook and I missed it in it's absence.
It's worth a read if you're interested in hetero gender dynamics, but I'd read it through the lens of an unreliable narrator.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced