A review by jocelynw
The Power Notebooks by Katie Roiphe

4.0

I picked this up because I ran across an aside in which someone said Katie Roiphe's few pages in this about her relationship with an older man contain more insight than My Dark Vanessa. I don't agree; I thought it was actually the least insightful piece in the book, interestingly; she didn't seem to me to inhabit that former identity enough in order to really say something new about it. But I did leave highlights scattered throughout the other pieces; she delves into gendered interpersonal power in thoughtful ways, some of which were revelatory, some of which are aspects I've noticed myself. A good book to nod along to.