A review by angelats
Confessions of a Latter-day Virgin: A Memoir by Nicole Hardy

3.0

I thought her writing and descriptives/analogies were good. There were parts of it that were difficult for me to understand (literary wise) or was cumbersome to work through and understand her meaning. Since I am Mormon, I felt she did a somewhat adequate job explaining some of the religious beliefs to give the reader some background, however, I felt that to someone who may not fully understand "Mormon culture" they may consider her perspective to be the absolute truth of what it is like to be a single female Mormon (feeling pressured to marry and have kids is heavily based on individual experience and perception), rather than what this story is about,--her perspective on being a Mormon and deciding to leave. I definitely felt it had more depth than Elna Baker's story, but Ms. Baker's story had a little more comical nature to it. I definitely related to her feelings as I was in that atmosphere/same situation myself. It's interesting to read another person's account. Definitely gave me perspective.