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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
3.0
"Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott was recommended to me by a woman I greatly admire and respect. I went into reading this book with the absolute highest expectations. I read reviews where people raved at Lamott's humor throughout this book.
The genre is set as writing. Writing is discussed in these long and loopy paths that lead me into a dark and confusing place. From the start through Radio Station KFKD, there was no connection from the writer to reader. The half stories of school lunches and broccoli bored me to tears. Have you ever read (or tried reading) a book that every few sentences kept putting you to sleep? That's what the first half of the book was to me. Up into this point, my rating was at a mere one star.
Starting in the Jealousy chapter, the quality of the writing improved some, and the advice was mostly sound which allowed me to give a few more (and I feel as though I am being very generous).
As far as writing books go, it gets an F.
The emotional advice that goes along with writing gets a B.
I don't think I could comfortably recommend this book to anyone I know.
Happy reading (hopefully something that is not this)!
The genre is set as writing. Writing is discussed in these long and loopy paths that lead me into a dark and confusing place. From the start through Radio Station KFKD, there was no connection from the writer to reader. The half stories of school lunches and broccoli bored me to tears. Have you ever read (or tried reading) a book that every few sentences kept putting you to sleep? That's what the first half of the book was to me. Up into this point, my rating was at a mere one star.
Starting in the Jealousy chapter, the quality of the writing improved some, and the advice was mostly sound which allowed me to give a few more (and I feel as though I am being very generous).
As far as writing books go, it gets an F.
The emotional advice that goes along with writing gets a B.
I don't think I could comfortably recommend this book to anyone I know.
Happy reading (hopefully something that is not this)!