A review by davidup_15
The Details: On Love, Death and Reading by Tegan Bennett Daylight

challenging funny inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The first essay collection I've ever read and it was a wonderful one to start with! Daylight deals with a variety of topics with empathy and nuance, but perhaps most inspiringly, with an awareness of and openness about the way her life as a reader has influenced everything she does. 'The difficulty is the point' and 'Inventing the teenager' were my favourites if for no other reason than that I, a 17-year-old, found myself very, very challenged by both of them, 'Detail II' is a heartbreaking account of what it is like to lose a loved one, and while 'Vagina' was not exactly something I loved and want to read every day, it was definitely very interesting (especially as a guy) to hear a woman write in such visceral detail about the experience and aftermath of giving birth.
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