ameliabee33's review against another edition
Just wasn't feeling the story. Maybe if I had been 3-5 years older I would have been able to enjoy the nostalgia.
chasingholden's review
4.0
Tacky is about how pop culture can imprint on our lives and shape our experiences; As a child of the 90's much of these essays felt like they were calling me on my own tacky past with humor and only slight shame. From Hot Topic to Brown Sugar Vanilla body spray Rax King summed up my pre-teens better than I could have. King has a wonderful command of the written word, spinning prose that provokes all types of emotions and make an impact that will be felt deeper than you may expect.
This collection isn't all fun and games though, and some really tough things are brought to light in an honest heartfelt way. This is about more than Jersey Shore and frosted lip gloss; Friendship, growing up, hard lessons are also some themes that come along with the humor. There is nothing like intelligent, flowing prose from a very high level writing about something that's far beneath most peoples desires for themselves. Tacky is anything but.
4 out of 5 stars. Highly recommended if you grew up in the 90's or the early 00's.
Thank you to netgalley for providing me an advance copy of Tacky by Rax King for me to read and share my honest thoughts. I am so grateful for the opportunity to preview the brilliance that is Tacky.
This collection isn't all fun and games though, and some really tough things are brought to light in an honest heartfelt way. This is about more than Jersey Shore and frosted lip gloss; Friendship, growing up, hard lessons are also some themes that come along with the humor. There is nothing like intelligent, flowing prose from a very high level writing about something that's far beneath most peoples desires for themselves. Tacky is anything but.
4 out of 5 stars. Highly recommended if you grew up in the 90's or the early 00's.
Thank you to netgalley for providing me an advance copy of Tacky by Rax King for me to read and share my honest thoughts. I am so grateful for the opportunity to preview the brilliance that is Tacky.
nonfictionfeminist's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
juliajjshields's review
3.0
some essays I really enjoyed & others I could’ve gone without hence the neutral 3. each chapter was a blend of King’s personal experiences in relation to a pop culture topic/phenomenon. I enjoyed her push for individuals to reclamation of things others deem “uncool” because you enjoy them regardless of others thoughts or ideas. it pivoted later to focus predominantly on her sex life which was a fun listen in essays like Samantha Jones but others were cringe (ex. while I appreciated her openness and vulnerability around her role being a “mistress” for many men, it was not it). Feel pretty indifferent about this one
- “My peers approval could not have mattered to me more. To the point that I was willing to learn how to sneer, how to mock, how to experience emotions almost sarcastically. If I dared to cry about pain that I was experiencing, I needed to then laugh at myself, apologize for my embarrassing behavior. In retrospect, it’s a shame that we learn to blunt ourselves before we learn to be be kind.”
- “For a girl a scream is a potent reclamation of space that cannot be claimed any other way.”
- americas next top model as “an enchantingly deranged celebration of femininity”
stinky_goblin's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
mhh831666's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0