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A review by inesdalmeida
Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
5.0
This book gave me so many warm smiley feelings, it’s hard to accept it’s over
Shirley Jackson truly has a way with words that will forever amaze me. She’s the queen of sarcasm I swear! The way she lets you in her world of comic situations and frustrations is just so unbelievably sarcastic that you cannot not smile to yourself at least (whilst laughing on the inside)
I was hesitant to read this book as well as its companion novel, because I often find autobiographical accounts of authors lives to sadden me due to my craving for a separation between the authors and their work; however, I am so glad I got over it and read this either way! It was upsetting at times to read about her frustrations in her daily life that she beautifully emphasised with sarcastic remarks and especially to read about her relationship with her husband (especially knowing about its problems already before starting these books), but the way she also shines some light onto what gave her joy is just very inspiring because at the end she was not fully happy or unhappy; she was just a normal person like us all whose life was full of dull and exciting and unhappy and happy moments
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes her fiction books and wants to feel part of her world
Shirley Jackson truly has a way with words that will forever amaze me. She’s the queen of sarcasm I swear! The way she lets you in her world of comic situations and frustrations is just so unbelievably sarcastic that you cannot not smile to yourself at least (whilst laughing on the inside)
I was hesitant to read this book as well as its companion novel, because I often find autobiographical accounts of authors lives to sadden me due to my craving for a separation between the authors and their work; however, I am so glad I got over it and read this either way! It was upsetting at times to read about her frustrations in her daily life that she beautifully emphasised with sarcastic remarks and especially to read about her relationship with her husband (especially knowing about its problems already before starting these books), but the way she also shines some light onto what gave her joy is just very inspiring because at the end she was not fully happy or unhappy; she was just a normal person like us all whose life was full of dull and exciting and unhappy and happy moments
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes her fiction books and wants to feel part of her world