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A review by iampotassium
After the Rain: Gentle Reminders for Healing, Courage, and Self-Love by Alexandra Elle
4.0
Another book that I read for the Well Read Black Girl festival.
So first of all. This book is friggin beautiful. Like physically. The cover/inside is sooooo pretty. I just want to pet it.
And now onto the content. It’s unique: part memoir, part self-help, part mediation, etc.
At first I had trouble engaging with Alex as the narrator. Not sure why. Maybe too self-helpy? She seemed less vulnerable?
But that definitely changed over time and I found myself really enjoying her own experiences paired with good reminders for me — practice compassion and empathy instead of comparisons, reminding yourself “I see you,” etc.
Probably a book to sip and enjoy slowly, but I really wanted to have it finished before her talk in the morning. I’m excited to go back and peruse the reminders at the end of each chapter that are written like little poems.
From a memoir-construction perspective, it’s interesting too. Her choice to use the second person in the last chapter was AMAZING. :)
So first of all. This book is friggin beautiful. Like physically. The cover/inside is sooooo pretty. I just want to pet it.
And now onto the content. It’s unique: part memoir, part self-help, part mediation, etc.
At first I had trouble engaging with Alex as the narrator. Not sure why. Maybe too self-helpy? She seemed less vulnerable?
But that definitely changed over time and I found myself really enjoying her own experiences paired with good reminders for me — practice compassion and empathy instead of comparisons, reminding yourself “I see you,” etc.
Probably a book to sip and enjoy slowly, but I really wanted to have it finished before her talk in the morning. I’m excited to go back and peruse the reminders at the end of each chapter that are written like little poems.
From a memoir-construction perspective, it’s interesting too. Her choice to use the second person in the last chapter was AMAZING. :)