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As a new #UglyDogs fan, I adore Blair Braverman’s storytelling. I admire that she is able to evoke emotion in a pause and that she always seems to know just when a story should stop. This memoir lets us peek into her relationships with her family, her body, and her sport of dogsledding. The tenderness that we love from her tweets also emerges here. She is, quite clearly, a fan of humans and a champion of dogs.
The parts which resonated most with me were the times she tries to understand how to move about the world in her body—and the times in which she ruminates on bodies in the cold, bodies in sport, bodies in sex.
My only minor critique is that, at times, her writing seems too MFA-y. The refrains are too pointed. The themes just a bit too punchy. I think we’ve watched her writing grow and mature via Twitter since this book’s publication, and I’m excited to see what she has in store for us next. 4.5 stars
The parts which resonated most with me were the times she tries to understand how to move about the world in her body—and the times in which she ruminates on bodies in the cold, bodies in sport, bodies in sex.
My only minor critique is that, at times, her writing seems too MFA-y. The refrains are too pointed. The themes just a bit too punchy. I think we’ve watched her writing grow and mature via Twitter since this book’s publication, and I’m excited to see what she has in store for us next. 4.5 stars