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A review by foy
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Paul Monette
4.0
I'm so conflicted about this book. On one hand, I felt like the constant "woe is me" vibe all the while skipping through Andover, Yale, Cambridge, etc was very off-putting . I know thats not what you're meant to be getting out of the book at all. I much preferred the second half, and almost cried on the bus when he started describing his search for the "laughing man".
Probably for that alone, and the feelings that it made me feel, I'll give this 4 stars. It would be 5, in fact, probably should be. But maybe its my own problems with privilege and education that prevents me from reading the first half of the book correctly.
Probably for that alone, and the feelings that it made me feel, I'll give this 4 stars. It would be 5, in fact, probably should be. But maybe its my own problems with privilege and education that prevents me from reading the first half of the book correctly.