A review by katiedubielak
Mean by Myriam Gurba

5.0

Many memoirs are just young people telling their intense moments and then teaching us a lesson about life, seeing everything through a “everything happens for a reason” lens and seeing the good in everything. This book is not that. Myriam tells her story, and leaves it at that. She is honest, but is also honest with the fact that she is not going to tell us everything. She seemingly purposefully skirts around happier, more fulfilling times in her life, because “that’s another story”. She’s weaves together her personal experience with other events seamlessly, and gives us a real insight into her thoughts and feelings. There’s no lesson here, just a woman telling her story. She doesn’t care if you read it or not, but it was in the writing of it that she gained something.