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A review by stacialithub
It Chooses You by Miranda July
2.0
The overall concept of the book was interesting -- contacting people advertising random items in the PennySaver & then meeting with them to see the item or items they were selling, as well as interview them a bit in general. She definitely met some interesting people, but the overall whole seems... lacking, somehow. The photography was neat & definitely needed alongside the individual sections.
But, she didn't seem to ask very interesting questions of her interviewees, I think. It was all pretty free-form, yet seemed somewhat shallow too, even though she was being brave (in a way), putting herself out there to meet & chat with various people (including one creepy-ish guy wearing an ankle monitor). Interspersed between the interviews, she had sections about her frustrations writing her screenplay, variations on it, etc. Those parts were boring; she never pulled me in enough to care about those sections at all. Then again, I had never heard of her or seen her movies, so maybe those sections would have been more interesting if I had some knowledge of her wider body of work.
So, the concept of the interviews was interesting, but the overall whole just didn't pull it together for me. Meh. It was like a piece of performance art that just didn't quite succeed. 2 to 2.5 stars.
But, she didn't seem to ask very interesting questions of her interviewees, I think. It was all pretty free-form, yet seemed somewhat shallow too, even though she was being brave (in a way), putting herself out there to meet & chat with various people (including one creepy-ish guy wearing an ankle monitor). Interspersed between the interviews, she had sections about her frustrations writing her screenplay, variations on it, etc. Those parts were boring; she never pulled me in enough to care about those sections at all. Then again, I had never heard of her or seen her movies, so maybe those sections would have been more interesting if I had some knowledge of her wider body of work.
So, the concept of the interviews was interesting, but the overall whole just didn't pull it together for me. Meh. It was like a piece of performance art that just didn't quite succeed. 2 to 2.5 stars.