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A review by ilovewongkarwai
The Word Pretty by Elisa Gabbert
2.0
2.5. Some essays are very good, some I found boring and repetitive, as often happens with collections of essays previously published individually elsewhere. I also found annoying that Gabbert mentions twitter and her husband in basically every essay and the fact that she talks about a Spanish author I dislike (sorry, I can’t help myself).
It’s not a bad book (perhaps I didn’t connect with it because it feels like I wasn’t the *right* reader, since I don’t have a particular interest in the US’ cultural and political current state) but it feels more like a column or a blog, so I don’t recommend reading it in one sitting as I did.
It’s not a bad book (perhaps I didn’t connect with it because it feels like I wasn’t the *right* reader, since I don’t have a particular interest in the US’ cultural and political current state) but it feels more like a column or a blog, so I don’t recommend reading it in one sitting as I did.