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A review by mighty_lizard_queen
Cherry by Mary Karr
3.0
Up until Chapter 17, this book is extremely engaging and well done. Karr is brilliant in taking so many topics and specific situations and making them into relatable moments of adolescence and growth. It feels timeless and universal.
Chapter 17 is where this all falls apart, as all Karr writes about is her drug use. She no longer explores her different relationships or her struggles. She barely even continues to tell stories; it's all observations of others and where she'll get her next hit. She struggles to make any of this relatable, have meaningful moments of reflection as she has elsewhere, or even describe her experiences in any engaging shape or form.
In the end, her inability to reflect on her drug usage undoes the whole book. It left me thinking of her as an out of touch Boomer, who wishes to go back to a youth lost to a haze of vapors.
Chapter 17 is where this all falls apart, as all Karr writes about is her drug use. She no longer explores her different relationships or her struggles. She barely even continues to tell stories; it's all observations of others and where she'll get her next hit. She struggles to make any of this relatable, have meaningful moments of reflection as she has elsewhere, or even describe her experiences in any engaging shape or form.
In the end, her inability to reflect on her drug usage undoes the whole book. It left me thinking of her as an out of touch Boomer, who wishes to go back to a youth lost to a haze of vapors.