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A review by meganmikaelian
Cherry by Mary Karr
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Mary Karr is a great author but this book was a little hard for me to get through. There were parts that felt too drawn out, especially when she was high, though I think that may have been her point. She really wanted the reader to experience her hallucinations.
I truly felt her deep and profound longing and loneliness throughout the book. It followed a clearer timeline than The Liars’ Club, but the pacing was still a little off for me. We start out with her leaving home and then never really find out what happened or how she got from the beginning of this book to the end of Liars’ Club.
I appreciated the humor woven into the story, especially when she took a break from being a pretentious teen to swear and speak more colloquially. The last 50 pages were almost unreadable for me but I do appreciate what she was doing and where she ended up.
I truly felt her deep and profound longing and loneliness throughout the book. It followed a clearer timeline than The Liars’ Club, but the pacing was still a little off for me. We start out with her leaving home and then never really find out what happened or how she got from the beginning of this book to the end of Liars’ Club.
I appreciated the humor woven into the story, especially when she took a break from being a pretentious teen to swear and speak more colloquially. The last 50 pages were almost unreadable for me but I do appreciate what she was doing and where she ended up.