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bethreadsandnaps 's review for:
Managing Expectations
by Minnie Driver
I should have been "managing expectations" better on this one.
My default rating for memoirs is 4 stars; after all, it's someone else's life so I'm not here to judge, just take it in. If the memoir is amazing, 4.5 or 5 stars. If the memoir fell short, 3 stars. If it really sucks/find lots of typos (Dustin Diamond, ahem), 2 stars.
This one fell short for me.
1. I got a bad taste in my mouth with the first two essays. The first one is essentially "my mom is selfish, and I'm obnoxious." The second one is essentially "my dad is selfish and lazy, and I'm obnoxious and privileged." Cue a few eyerolls from me and wondering why I was reading this.
2. These essays are VERY dialogue heavy. From 30 years ago. I understand a memoir can play a little faster and looser with the rules, but it came across like what you'd write if you were in a scriptwriting class.
3. There are no transitions in the essays, so the time jumps are abrupt, and she essentially skips the biggies: getting into acting, motherhood (aside from being pregnant). She doesn't explain who people are, just gives them a first name. So it comes across as very abrupt, and you have to Google things if you want context. And, frankly, I didn't care enough to Google.
My default rating for memoirs is 4 stars; after all, it's someone else's life so I'm not here to judge, just take it in. If the memoir is amazing, 4.5 or 5 stars. If the memoir fell short, 3 stars. If it really sucks/find lots of typos (Dustin Diamond, ahem), 2 stars.
This one fell short for me.
1. I got a bad taste in my mouth with the first two essays. The first one is essentially "my mom is selfish, and I'm obnoxious." The second one is essentially "my dad is selfish and lazy, and I'm obnoxious and privileged." Cue a few eyerolls from me and wondering why I was reading this.
2. These essays are VERY dialogue heavy. From 30 years ago. I understand a memoir can play a little faster and looser with the rules, but it came across like what you'd write if you were in a scriptwriting class.
3. There are no transitions in the essays, so the time jumps are abrupt, and she essentially skips the biggies: getting into acting, motherhood (aside from being pregnant). She doesn't explain who people are, just gives them a first name. So it comes across as very abrupt, and you have to Google things if you want context. And, frankly, I didn't care enough to Google.