A review by lynnaeaowens
Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro

1.0

This was difficult to get through, but it was short so I stuck with it. This is a memoir about Shapiro's marriage. It reads like a collection of notes. Almost as if she opened a Word document and would free-write for a few hours, then directly add that into the book along with random excerpts from her honeymoon journal. Journal excerpts were not interesting thoughts reflecting her younger self, but just random notes about tourist destinations they visited while on their honeymoon. There is no cohesive narrative, no sense of organization and the final result felt lazy to me. I feel like there were some pretty phrases and interesting ideas buried in here, but I would've preferred to read those directly without wasting my time wading through the rest of the random thoughts.

1.5/5