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A review by mariakureads
I'll Scream Later by Betsy Sharkey, Marlee Matlin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
I struggled with this one and it's a shame because I do like Marlee Matlin but the non linear style of the memoir is not helping.
She jumps all over the place without really going into too much detail or depth in the portion that I did read about her early childhood so I feel that there was a missed opportunity in the first few chapters to talk about what it was like for her growing up deaf in a hearing household.
And although what I did read was new to me, as I know very little about her personal life, the odd quotes from friends and family that are peppered within paragraphs goes from Matlin's first person perspective to that person's third person perspective just randomly before Matlin goes back to first person to finish the chapter which didn't help the odd pacing and overall awkwardness of the non linear style.
I'm sure someone else will enjoy this but not me so I'm bowing out at 20%.
She jumps all over the place without really going into too much detail or depth in the portion that I did read about her early childhood so I feel that there was a missed opportunity in the first few chapters to talk about what it was like for her growing up deaf in a hearing household.
And although what I did read was new to me, as I know very little about her personal life, the odd quotes from friends and family that are peppered within paragraphs goes from Matlin's first person perspective to that person's third person perspective just randomly before Matlin goes back to first person to finish the chapter which didn't help the odd pacing and overall awkwardness of the non linear style.
I'm sure someone else will enjoy this but not me so I'm bowing out at 20%.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault