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A review by jgverrero
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
WOWWW. MY HEART.
I think so often with essays there's either incoherent ramblings or just pretentious, vague metaphors. Only me??? Anyway, Gurba NAILED these essays for me and highlighted underexplored Mexican American history while doing it, I think those might be my favorite bits. She also reached a part of me so primitive when speaking among her experiences of horrific abuse. I'll never be the same and that's not an exaggeration. Writers like her is why I read.
If you're going to read any memoir this year PLEASE MAKE IT THIS ONE. Also check the comments for TW. It was a very brutal read.
Some personal favorite essays ❤️🔥
Cucuy - An essay about the serial killer, "The Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez. I'd much rather learn about twisted minds through an author living through the era instead of glorified Netflix documentary.
Pendeja, You Ain't Steinbeck - I think any avid reader can guess who she's talking about. Gruba holds nothing back in this essay when she speaks on the novel "American Dirt." (pssst, don't read white authors writing about brown experience)
Creep - OSCAR WORTHY. OMGGG HOLY ISH THIS HAD MY JAW ON THE FLOOR. SHAKING. SCREAMING.
TW: sexual assault, domestic violence, racism and racial violence
I think so often with essays there's either incoherent ramblings or just pretentious, vague metaphors. Only me??? Anyway, Gurba NAILED these essays for me and highlighted underexplored Mexican American history while doing it, I think those might be my favorite bits. She also reached a part of me so primitive when speaking among her experiences of horrific abuse. I'll never be the same and that's not an exaggeration. Writers like her is why I read.
If you're going to read any memoir this year PLEASE MAKE IT THIS ONE. Also check the comments for TW. It was a very brutal read.
Some personal favorite essays ❤️🔥
Cucuy - An essay about the serial killer, "The Night Stalker," Richard Ramirez. I'd much rather learn about twisted minds through an author living through the era instead of glorified Netflix documentary.
Pendeja, You Ain't Steinbeck - I think any avid reader can guess who she's talking about. Gruba holds nothing back in this essay when she speaks on the novel "American Dirt." (pssst, don't read white authors writing about brown experience)
Creep - OSCAR WORTHY. OMGGG HOLY ISH THIS HAD MY JAW ON THE FLOOR. SHAKING. SCREAMING.
TW: sexual assault, domestic violence, racism and racial violence