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A review by drjacvick
Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll
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2.5
I really struggle to review memoirs that I don't enjoy and that are about experiences so incredibly different than my own. I admire Carroll and appreciate her ability to share her story and difficult family history; I recognize that she doesn't owe us her pain or healing. However, the writing style and structure was not really for me. At times it seems that she had this profound ability to process racism and trauma at a very young age while still going through it and other times it felt like she was just sharing things that happened to her without reflection or narrative purpose.
I really struggle to review memoirs that I don't enjoy and that are about experiences so incredibly different than my own. I admire Carroll and appreciate her ability to share her story and difficult family history; I recognize that she doesn't owe us her pain or healing. However, the writing style and structure was not really for me. At times it seems that she had this profound ability to process racism and trauma at a very young age while still going through it and other times it felt like she was just sharing things that happened to her without reflection or narrative purpose.