closermonster's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
3.75
happyhobbit1's review
5.0
One of the best, or even the best, memoir I’ve ever read. Beautifully written, inspiring, easy to read, instant connection with the writer, makes me wish I could read music and play an instrument. LGBTIQ and deals with depression.
house_elf_hannah's review
4.0
I love Emma and reading this makes me admire her even more. I enjoyed this book so much and even smiled and laughed out loud while reading it - something I rarely do! It's interesting, because Emma jumps around so much, in terms of the timeline, but somehow it still works. Now I want to cycle round the world!
eri_123's review
This book drove me insane because it is not written chronologically. Even in the space of a single paragraph, we might jump from her childhood to the middle of her bicycling adventure to playing in a quartet in her youth. This was difficult, as just as I was getting stuck into hearing about the exciting cycling adventure, we would leap backwards to a different time completely. I didn't realise the extent to which chronology traditionally organises the memoir genre, and it is glaring here.
Apart from that, it was a light, conversational memoir that covered quite a lot in not very much detail. It left me wanting more detail and a more logical format.
And lastly, like many others I skipped over the music descriptions - I'd imagine that it complements the themes of the story if you understand it, but it absolutely went over my head.
Apart from that, it was a light, conversational memoir that covered quite a lot in not very much detail. It left me wanting more detail and a more logical format.
And lastly, like many others I skipped over the music descriptions - I'd imagine that it complements the themes of the story if you understand it, but it absolutely went over my head.
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