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What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir
by Kristin Newman
DID NOT FINISH: 60%
My first DNF in a very, very long time: got about 60% through before throwing in the towel.
Though married, I don’t have children (by choice), and I love to travel. My husband and I live abroad, and spend every chance we get going on a new adventure. So I thought this book was made for me. That I’d discover new foods, cultures, and sites through her that I could then go and explore. Or find new things about places I’ve been to and I love. But this is not a travel book-this is a book about a single woman’s sexual activity that happens to take place around the globe. It just got to be too much-it was boring, quite frankly, and not why I was interested in the book.
The author also seems fairly privileged, and unaware of her privilege, in addition to seemingly selfish and judgmental. Perhaps that changes by the book’s end, but I didn’t wait to find out. There are also tones of racism (some more overt than others).
Ultimately gave it two stars because there were parts I did enjoy, and I chuckled a few times.
Though married, I don’t have children (by choice), and I love to travel. My husband and I live abroad, and spend every chance we get going on a new adventure. So I thought this book was made for me. That I’d discover new foods, cultures, and sites through her that I could then go and explore. Or find new things about places I’ve been to and I love. But this is not a travel book-this is a book about a single woman’s sexual activity that happens to take place around the globe. It just got to be too much-it was boring, quite frankly, and not why I was interested in the book.
The author also seems fairly privileged, and unaware of her privilege, in addition to seemingly selfish and judgmental. Perhaps that changes by the book’s end, but I didn’t wait to find out. There are also tones of racism (some more overt than others).
Ultimately gave it two stars because there were parts I did enjoy, and I chuckled a few times.