Reviews

Il giusto peso by Kiese Laymon

senquezada29's review against another edition

4.0

Laymon is an excellent writer. He is definitely deep and introspective and unafraid to describe in detail his own personal struggles. The book is sprinkled with amazing quotes from both his mother and grandmother who show intelligence that only comes from a lifetime of surviving domestic violence, racism, poverty and addiction. I highly recommend this book. The ending could have been better and it felt as if it was rushed to finish. It could have been more thoroughly developed and tied up some other loose ends, but overall, the book was excellent.

staceface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

This is one of those memoirs that doesn’t feel right to give a star rating. Pacing-wise, it went from slow to fast to medium for me. It is beautifully written. And it absolutely lives up to its title: it is so, so heavy. 

marcolcam's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

thepetitepunk's review against another edition

Listened to this while learning to knit for the first time and actually managed to finish the entire book in one sitting. My knitting looks like trash but this memoir was excellent.

seymone's review against another edition

5.0

Black Abundance! Thought provoking and raw.

danielles_reads's review against another edition

DNF @ 20%

I was really excited for this one but it fell flat for me. It felt like a series of disjointed stream-of-consciousness journal entries rather than a coherent memoir, with minimal reflection. I also really just don't want to hear about the sexual escapades of teenagers, especially when it's the private business of people other than the author

who seems to not want to acknowledge that this girl he knew was raped

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a2lulu's review against another edition

4.0

It’s been a long time since I’ve been drawn in and completely absorbed in a book the way I was with this one.

lurker_stalker's review against another edition

5.0

I need to process this more but I can say I think anyone who has an opportunity to read this book should. Important, powerful, and beautifully written. Gorgeous prose.

belen_monroy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful writing. Highly recommend to listen to it. The entire book feels like a poem 

alicebme's review against another edition

4.0

The most honest thing I’ve ever read about how lies and secrets are held in our bodies.