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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Leah Vernon is not someone I knew of before picking up this memoir, but I immediately fell in love with her and her voice. Growing up was not easy for her, but despite a mostly absent and occasionally outright cruel father, an emotionally distant and unstable mother, a fat body that didn't fit the societal standard of the model she wanted to be, and a religious identity that has continually brought distrust and animosity from other people, Vernon has ultimately thrived. She has carved out a space for herself and others like her in the fashion and blogging worlds, and she is helping to change the mainstream idea of what is considered beautiful, fashionable, and fierce. I really enjoyed getting to know her through reading about her life thus far, and I'll be looking forward to more from her in the future!
(Read Harder challenge #12: A memoir by someone from a religious tradition, or lack thereof, that is not your own)
(Read Harder challenge #12: A memoir by someone from a religious tradition, or lack thereof, that is not your own)
emotional
funny
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
CW: domestic violence, molestation, abortion, suicide, fatphobia, eating disorder, islamophobia
Really enjoyed this one!
Really enjoyed this one!
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
TW for this book includes: mentions of molestation, rape, spousal abuse, Islamaphobia, racism, fat-phobia
This book is probably a lot better than my rating suggests. There were moments that really hit me and I'm glad there is such a very honest and beautiful story. It's only that I didn't particularly love the writing itself. There were times when the flow didn't work for me, moments of jumping back and forth that had me stumbling over sentences. I would have liked it to have been slightly better edited as well. Overall I think this book has some really interesting things to say, I just would have liked the writing to have kept pace with the ideas.
This book is probably a lot better than my rating suggests. There were moments that really hit me and I'm glad there is such a very honest and beautiful story. It's only that I didn't particularly love the writing itself. There were times when the flow didn't work for me, moments of jumping back and forth that had me stumbling over sentences. I would have liked it to have been slightly better edited as well. Overall I think this book has some really interesting things to say, I just would have liked the writing to have kept pace with the ideas.
