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sophie_sometimes_reads's review against another edition
dark
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funny
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inspiring
reflective
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4.5
scandi_crush's review against another edition
challenging
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hopeful
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reflective
tense
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4.5
ofbooksandtrees's review against another edition
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4.0
Read March 2024
I’m not really the target audience for a book about a fertility journey, pregnancy, and motherhood (tbh, I don’t think I would have picked this up had I not previously loved Kirsty Logan’s work), but it’s really good and I’m glad I gave it a chance.
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Like Kirsty also mentions in here, it’s often said that memoirs should be written once you’re far enough removed from what you’re writing about, not while you’re still going through it. But that’s not what she did with this book and for me that’s actually what makes it so strong. It feels raw, emotional and like you’re there with her. Not a reflection on the events with the edges softened by the years that have gone by.
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Also, I love Logan’s writing and the choice for the second-person pov worked really well for me.
I’m not really the target audience for a book about a fertility journey, pregnancy, and motherhood (tbh, I don’t think I would have picked this up had I not previously loved Kirsty Logan’s work), but it’s really good and I’m glad I gave it a chance.
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Like Kirsty also mentions in here, it’s often said that memoirs should be written once you’re far enough removed from what you’re writing about, not while you’re still going through it. But that’s not what she did with this book and for me that’s actually what makes it so strong. It feels raw, emotional and like you’re there with her. Not a reflection on the events with the edges softened by the years that have gone by.
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Also, I love Logan’s writing and the choice for the second-person pov worked really well for me.
dulcimermaid's review
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3.5
Parts of this felt a little longer than they needed to, but this is a very bold, passionate personal story and that came across so strongly. I'm not a regular memoir-reader and I don't have much interest in pregnancy or childbirth but Logans comments throughout the text about society's tendency to not listen too deeply to stories from/about pregnant people made me really grateful to have read this one.
booksarentbinary's review
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3.75
A becoming title, The Unfamiliar accounts for the presence Of.
It is as though both the reader and author are digesting raw a motherhood experienced, having bundled grief and awe into its pages.
How curious, the love that endures.
A family within.
juliusarna's review against another edition
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4.5
caty_murray's review against another edition
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5.0