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A review by mimi8school
Safekeeping: Some True Stories from a Life by Abigail Thomas
3.0
I wasn't prepared for the creativity in the writing style. It reads like fragments, so at first I really felt I was reading a diary. It took me a while to adjust and get used to the style. Naturally, in order to understand what the book is really about, I asked myself not to pass any judgements until I have finished the whole book.
Yes, during some parts of the book I was distracted, and that was why I took some points off in my review. But I still think this style is so creative and the fragments are so real--how we remember our own life stories. More real than I felt about any memoirs or autobiography. For that, I really appreciated the book. It was beautiful.
This is a book I know I want to re-read, perhaps a few years later and I have a feeling that after a second read I would give a higher rating.
Yes, during some parts of the book I was distracted, and that was why I took some points off in my review. But I still think this style is so creative and the fragments are so real--how we remember our own life stories. More real than I felt about any memoirs or autobiography. For that, I really appreciated the book. It was beautiful.
This is a book I know I want to re-read, perhaps a few years later and I have a feeling that after a second read I would give a higher rating.