not going to lie, sometimes i decide i want to read books just because i've seen them on people's bookshelves at house parties.not going to lie, sometimes i decide i want to read books just because i've seen them on people's bookshelves at house parties....more
if one more author i'm obsessed with announces a new book i'm going to explode with joy.if one more author i'm obsessed with announces a new book i'm going to explode with joy....more
my fiance's family shares a heritage, a similar story, and the same favorite dishes as this author and her family, so reading about alli love memoirs.
my fiance's family shares a heritage, a similar story, and the same favorite dishes as this author and her family, so reading about all three was a really lovely way to get to know my future in laws better! this story is packed with emotion, but it felt like sometimes what the author wanted to convey surpassed her writing experience, leaving us with repetitive and showy language.
as an eldest, i found myself sympathizing a lot with this youngest daughter's siblings and her husband. i wish there was more reckoning with the fact that she thought her mourning was the only acceptable kind, and that her loved ones had to deal with a lot as she went through this process and publicly performed their story in multiple ways. there was a lot of emotion and development that i wish extended more to the author, who didn't change much.
but also in spite of all of that, i have a really positive impression of this book and smile whenever i see it in a bookstore. so take everything with a grain of salt.
bottom line: this is a strong debut and i'm excited for more from this author <3
(3.5 / thanks to the publisher for the e-arc)...more
is there any better feeling than discovering a book you didn't know about from one of your favorite authorsis there any better feeling than discovering a book you didn't know about from one of your favorite authors...more
reading this because i'm nosy...and i have to say, this scratched that itch in the nicest way.
this book is like gossip that starts out a little bit b*tchy, maybe, or at least salacious, but then grows heartfelt and enlightening and makes you like the people around you more.
like all my favorite books!
there were aspects of this that i think were overly simplistic or saccharine, but i think this was just...nice. more than anything else.
this is what everyone says it is: an excellent debut, a memoir that doesn't pull punches, honest, clear-eyed, and well-written.
am i the hype is right.
this is what everyone says it is: an excellent debut, a memoir that doesn't pull punches, honest, clear-eyed, and well-written.
am i glad i read it? no. this is a grueling read that i picked up based on just how often i heard it spoken of, a level of public discussion i have to assume had to do with the guilty thrill of finding out horrible secrets about people whose faces we see every day.
but that's what celebrity memoir is all about. secrets sell and it certainly isn't the author's fault that that's started rubbing me the wrong way.
bottom line: an excellent example of a genre i'm going to try to steer clear of. ...more
i likely never would have picked this one up — i've never heard of the author (sorry!) and i read fewer and fewer memoirs as my life my autobiography.
i likely never would have picked this one up — i've never heard of the author (sorry!) and i read fewer and fewer memoirs as my life progresses, plus i don't think i'm the target audience of this one anyway — but i had fun! i don't think i'll remember this very much at all, but i had a good time doing it. (it being forming no long-term memories.)
before this, i didn't know much about constance wu, beyond that she is the star of my sister's favorione of the most important skills a woman can have
before this, i didn't know much about constance wu, beyond that she is the star of my sister's favorite movie which i have therefore seen too many times and also vague concepts surrounding her cancelation via tweet.
but now i love constance wu. and i thought this was truthful and funny and real and just a very good memoir.
and oftentimes memoirs are not good memoirs at all.
i love memoirs because they are as close as you can get to the readability of fiction while being true, and because people are cool and i just lovely.
i love memoirs because they are as close as you can get to the readability of fiction while being true, and because people are cool and i like them, and because i'm addicted to stories, but above all because i'm nosy.
this satisfied all of those reasons.
this is more academic than it is poetic, especially when compared to my surprise favorite of the year, bluets, but it is just as endlessly interesting all the same.
bottom line: maggie nelson!!!!!!
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