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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
I have followed Brianna on social media for almost 5 years. I can’t quite comprehend how people seem to despise her or her way of life and why she gets so much hate on social media. but either way - if you like her, if you don’t, this book is so beautifully written, captivating, inspiring, filled with dry humour and a carefree attitude. I guess people don’t like the unconventional, that’s all I can put the hate down to. Brianna tells a beautiful story and I blasted through this via audible, and I hope so many other people can do the same!! Such a brilliant book.
I'm a sucker for a memoir, especially when it's written by a woman charting her own path in life. All the gory, unglamorous, and soul splitting details. Brianna is unapologetically herself, honest, and flawed. I started following her on Instagram years ago and always appreciated her words and vulnerability that she shared in that small square photo of her life.
Her book is so good. It is raw and poetic, only in the way that Bri's unique voice can come through the pages.
I laughed and I cried and I respect any book that can take me along on that journey.
Her book is so good. It is raw and poetic, only in the way that Bri's unique voice can come through the pages.
I laughed and I cried and I respect any book that can take me along on that journey.
Okay so apparently everyone else knows who this girl is and she's problematic and has a following that will either defend or criticize her every move depending on if they love her or hate her. As someone who didn't know that I was able to unbiasedly listen to this book and found it pretty interesting overall. To start, I don't think she should own dogs as she seems to think they don't need to be trained but lets them off-leash constantly despite this fact. Her running over her own dog is a great example of her irresponsibility for owning animals. I think obviously the abuse of peoples' kindness for her dog was not in good taste, but it did make an interesting read I'm not going to lie. I didn't LOVE her and I can see the take of "just another privileged white girl making herself a martyr" but I thought overall this book was pretty interesting. I can see how if you did know who she is or were one of the people who donated money to her, why this book would be infuriating to read and I probably would not recommend this if you hate her, obviously. Save your own mental health and stop reading things from people you hate. I won't read anything from her in the future and I sure as hell won't be following her on instagram, but I thought this was a solid book for what it was.
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I read this book with no previous knowledge of Brianna Madia or her Instagram account. I found her writing really beautiful, evoking red deserts/sand dunes, her childhood blue house, her dogs, her orange van Bertha etc. I found the parts about canyoneering really interesting and my heart also broke for her during her descriptions of her relationship with her estranged father. Overall I enjoyed reading Nowhere For Very Long.
I read this book for a new book club that I just joined. When I first saw it was a biography, I was a little unsure if I would enjoy it or not since my book pile has been filled with rom-coms, mystery, and fantasy. I was quite happy with this biography and how it read like a story. It still had the love story I look for in books, with an interesting take on adventure. It was a good one time read and I look forward to discussing it with my book club.
A well narrated memoir, but it does jump around at times in the story line in ways I found sometimes jarring. A truly interesting life.
Finished. No idea how to rate this book. The writing itself is beautiful and enjoyable to read. The rest is…complicated. The dog story is awful and the lack of clarity about the honesty of it is shady. There are MANY unfinished storylines in the book, leading me to wonder what is not on the page…and why. I do not follow this human on insta and had never heard of her…I ran across this book on some list somewhere. I know we’re all complicated humans, and there’s a whole lotta unacknowledged privilege in this book, illustrating the very problem with the insta-vanlife influencer culture. Just weird. And sad. And I want to know about the husband. Would love to grab a beer with that poor dude and hear his perspective on the stories in the book!
I very rarely read non-fiction, but when I do, it's for a semi-relatable person. I love dogs and have dreamed of a life on the open road, I do agree, the social media side of it is a total lie (doing SM for money and saying it's for your own satisfaction, blah blah) aside from that. I'd move mountains for my dog, so I understand the issue with the situation with Bucket, but I also know I'd do whatever I could to save my Paisley.
I’ve followed Brianna and her pups for years on IG and have always loved following along on their adventures. I enjoyed reading this book and finding out more details of Betha’s origin, the journey that led to van life, relating to a lot of the family dynamics and of course all things Bucket, Dagwood and Birdie (and Banjo to come). I remember Dagwood’s accident and I WEPT reading through the rehashing of that period of time-especially listening to it on audiobook.
This is so well written and I could have probably finished it in one sitting had my job not got in the way!
This is so well written and I could have probably finished it in one sitting had my job not got in the way!