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A review by chilexi
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids by Meghan Daum
3.0
Overall interesting to read different takes and reasoning on the choice not to have children. I would recommend this to anyone feeling external pressure to have kids. Or possibly to people with kids that wonder why someone would choose a different life.
A few essays I really liked (looking back at my highlights "Maternal Instincts" by Laura Kipnis, "The Most Important Thing" by Sigrid Nunez, and "Beyond Beyond Motherhood" by Jeanne Safer resonated the most with me), but while parts of "Be Here Now Means Be Gone Later" by Lionel Shriver were interesting there was a weird theme in hers around "depriving" the world of "good genes" that was pretty cringeworthy to me, unless it was intended as sarcasm that landed poorly? Then about half of them were interesting or entertaining to read, but not anything that will stay with me.
A few essays I really liked (looking back at my highlights "Maternal Instincts" by Laura Kipnis, "The Most Important Thing" by Sigrid Nunez, and "Beyond Beyond Motherhood" by Jeanne Safer resonated the most with me), but while parts of "Be Here Now Means Be Gone Later" by Lionel Shriver were interesting there was a weird theme in hers around "depriving" the world of "good genes" that was pretty cringeworthy to me, unless it was intended as sarcasm that landed poorly? Then about half of them were interesting or entertaining to read, but not anything that will stay with me.