missymelissajean 's review for:

Mi vida by Lyn Hejinian

2.0

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I’m sorry, I know this is supposed to be like a literary masterpiece but this book just didn’t do it for me. I was confused and disinterested throughout the entire thing and had to force myself through it. I have recently taken several classes about memoir and prose poetry and My Life was mentioned and appeared on most of those courses’ suggested reading lists. I was so excited to dive into it! Perhaps I am just not the right reader for this book, but it felt completely unapproachable for me outside of a classroom setting. I think it would lend itself well to academics who want to parse through line by line and study the sentence structure and the cyclical repetition of certain phrases. But as an enjoyable read on a cold, rainy night? It’s a no from me.