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A review by satyridae
The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma by Annie G. Rogers
3.0
Um. Yeah. Well, I couldn't say. No, REALLY, I couldn't say. Which is probably why I was drawn to this book. Reading it was a roller-coaster ride. There were passages so vertiginous that I thought I'd throw up and then the author would go haring off on a psychotic break of her own, or some impenetrable Freudian passage and I'd roll my eyes like one of the teenagers featured herein. There were passages where I couldn't even breathe, it was like they were written about me, or about that little girl I was.
But mostly, this book made me doubt the stories I have told myself, made me understand that the things I do not, will not, cannot say nevertheless are spoken through my actions, through my life. And it made me very, very sad. I would like to say I walked away from this book full of hope. But I did not.
But mostly, this book made me doubt the stories I have told myself, made me understand that the things I do not, will not, cannot say nevertheless are spoken through my actions, through my life. And it made me very, very sad. I would like to say I walked away from this book full of hope. But I did not.