blackcoffee_allday 's review for:

Motherhood by Sheila Heti

DID NOT FINISH: 29%

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Though I appreciate the artistic/authentic writing, the style isn't for me. I DNF her other book as well so it must be her writing style that's not my cup of tea.

Some of quotes I liked:

our relationship would be over by the time I overcame my insecurities because we only overcome our insecurities in death.

Do I want children because I want to be admired as the admirable sort of woman who has children? Because I want to be seen as normal sort of woman, a woman with not only work, but the desire and ability to nurture, a body that can make babies, and someone who another person wants to make babies with? Do I want a children to show myself to be the (normal) sort of woman who wants and ultimately has a child?

There is a kind of sadness in not wanting the things that give so many other people their life's meaning.

But I don't care about passing on my genes! Can't one pass at one's genes through art?

A child is not a combination of you and your partner, but a reality all its own, separate and unique - a distinct point of consciousness in the world.

Being a woman, you can't just say you don't want a child. You have to have some big plan or idea of what you're going to do instead. And it better be something great.