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cgm42's review
4.5
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Infidelity and Death of parent
vaykay's review
3.5
I liked it; I don't know if I needed to read it. It felt comforting in some ways because I have felt similarly in very different situations, but my heart also hurt for Pittard and the years she spent with a shitty best friend and a shitty husband. Maybe she was shitty to them too; I guess she tries to raise awareness to that in the book... but I am not fully convinced that her supposed shitty-ness somehow balances the scales with their shitty-ness. At least I found Pittard's concluding remarks inspiring; sometimes I struggle to recognize that time is a construct and you can find happiness and worth even when you spent n years doing something or a submerged in a situation that you regretted or hated or felt was totally wasted or wasteful. A book like this from Pittard was one of those happy reminders that there's no such thing as wasted life, even when the time spent is sad to look upon.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Pregnancy
christinelangill's review
3.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Vomit, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
natalieba's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Vomit
savvylit's review
4.0
Another remarkable aspect of this memoir lies in its unusual form and structure. Part One is recalled conversations that are written like a screenplay. Part Two is a discussion with her ex-husband that never happened. Part Three is a personal reckoning with the aftermath of losing Patrick and Trish.
Ultimately, We Are Too Many offers a unique and memorable perspective on divorce and relationships. I was particularly impressed by Pittard's ability to reflect upon herself and her own flaws. Towards the memoir's end, there are some truly beautiful passages where Pittard laments her tendency towards passivity and the misogynistic ideas about relationships that she internalized as a child.
Thank you @henryholtbooks for this gifted copy of We Are Too Many in exchange for my honest review! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Drug abuse
moonlette's review
2.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Alcohol
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent