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A review by zthereader20
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
TW/CW
-discussion and description of SA
-discussion and description of DV
-body image issues
-discussion of race
-talk of cheating
-religious trauma discussions
This memoir pulled me IN yall like from the first chapter on it was juicy and COMPLETELY unapologetic. Perkins doesn’t shy away from telling her story her way and on her terms. She deals with black girlhood/adulthood religion, childhood trauma and how it shaped her relationships, she talks VERY candidly about sex and how it shaped her life. I enjoyed how she didn’t try to paint herself in a certain light, she just was authentically herself and it shinned through flaws and wins alike were put into this story. And she emphasized the necessity of being unapologetically you, and not making yourself fit into a box because it will allow for the comfort of others. It’s a powerful and necessary message for women but especially black women. You can even witness the transformation Perkins herself had as she grows and accepts parts of herself and learns to live more openly about who she is and what she desires.
The book was everything you want from a memoir, open, honest, raw, funny, and reflective. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Perkins’s head and going on this journey of her life told by her.
Definitely pick this one up!
-discussion and description of SA
-discussion and description of DV
-body image issues
-discussion of race
-talk of cheating
-religious trauma discussions
This memoir pulled me IN yall like from the first chapter on it was juicy and COMPLETELY unapologetic. Perkins doesn’t shy away from telling her story her way and on her terms. She deals with black girlhood/adulthood religion, childhood trauma and how it shaped her relationships, she talks VERY candidly about sex and how it shaped her life. I enjoyed how she didn’t try to paint herself in a certain light, she just was authentically herself and it shinned through flaws and wins alike were put into this story. And she emphasized the necessity of being unapologetically you, and not making yourself fit into a box because it will allow for the comfort of others. It’s a powerful and necessary message for women but especially black women. You can even witness the transformation Perkins herself had as she grows and accepts parts of herself and learns to live more openly about who she is and what she desires.
The book was everything you want from a memoir, open, honest, raw, funny, and reflective. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Perkins’s head and going on this journey of her life told by her.
Definitely pick this one up!