A review by bookishbisexual
Consent by Jill Ciment

challenging reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It’s always hard to rate a memoir - this is someone’s life after all. What I will say is this is very well written and paced. I’m glad I read it. But I wonder if my feelings are affected because of what I didn’t get out of the book - regret. I expected to see that from her and I didn’t. Is that my own bias or do I think she is still editing her life?  She does know herself better than a random reader does. That being said, I do think there are still parts that Jill kept out of this book that I wanted to know. 

I wanted to know if she ever felt for anyone else closer to her age throughout their marriage, if Arnold stayed faithful to her (since he was a serial cheater when they met), and if he ever actually spoke about his reaction to the police after her brothers abuse.
 
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