alycejanine 's review for:

Suddenly Silent and Still by Nin Mok

3.75

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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As a fellow overachiever who also feels like she didn’t have to struggle much early in life, those aspects of the memoir and reflections related to those characteristics were really relatable. It was a well written memoir with a lot of great insights, but I sometimes found myself getting a bit…bored, maybe?…when the chapters would turn into dense  personal philosophy. This is a totally subjective reaction, just like with any other book, but it almost got too optimistic for me. Again—for me. I recognize this is what a lot of people hope to get out of a memoir.