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A review by svnz
Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame by Erin Williams
2.0
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
This was an okay read. The art style was too simplistic for my taste but it was functional for what it was trying to convey. I didn't much care for the flow of the book with all the going back and forth; I understand that this is a storytelling style and this can be well done but I didn't care much for this particular style of execution. There were some stuff I don't agree with (like, boycotting all male authors as if they are all somehow equally privileged and recount the exact same experience, or the implication that all women want to be desired as if the ace spectrum is not a thing at all) but then I suppose her views are shaped by what she has gone through in life. The last half of the book was much better where the author makes several observations and critiques regarding sexism, rape culture and female shame in light of it.
This was an okay read. The art style was too simplistic for my taste but it was functional for what it was trying to convey. I didn't much care for the flow of the book with all the going back and forth; I understand that this is a storytelling style and this can be well done but I didn't care much for this particular style of execution. There were some stuff I don't agree with (like, boycotting all male authors as if they are all somehow equally privileged and recount the exact same experience, or the implication that all women want to be desired as if the ace spectrum is not a thing at all) but then I suppose her views are shaped by what she has gone through in life. The last half of the book was much better where the author makes several observations and critiques regarding sexism, rape culture and female shame in light of it.