A review by maleladybird
Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose

3.0

I’m conflicted with Mothers. On the one hand, I liked a lot of the commentaries and found them to be fascinating. But I also don’t think Rose went as deep as she could have with the subject. A lot of the essays just introduce beginner level topics and then never further examine them, which left me, as a learner, a bit dissatisfied. I understand I can’t expect one book to teach me everything, but I still believe these ideas deserved to be explored more. As for the writing style, I enjoyed it, but I didn’t find it to be particularly alluring or anything special.