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aseel_reads's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed learning more about the author who wrote two books I've read before. Super interesting and cool tbh
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
theinkedpath's review against another edition
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informative
inspiring
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slow-paced
5.0
ES:
Todo el mundo a leer este libro YA. TREMENDO.Mi libro de no ficción favorito del año (empieza a aplaudir como una loca).
EN:
My first Bernardine Everisto´s book I have ever read, and I feel in love with her and her way of analysing Great Britain, connection to race and History and how this has influenced her writing. AND, OMG, I ADORE HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT WRITING!
Todo el mundo a leer este libro YA. TREMENDO.Mi libro de no ficción favorito del año (empieza a aplaudir como una loca).
EN:
My first Bernardine Everisto´s book I have ever read, and I feel in love with her and her way of analysing Great Britain, connection to race and History and how this has influenced her writing. AND, OMG, I ADORE HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT WRITING!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting
This is an autobiography by the author which is focused on how she became a writer and how her personal experience influenced her writing craft.leanneymu's review against another edition
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medium-paced
3.75
An interesting insight into the live and creative practise of one of our best British writers working today. Although I don't agree with all her ideas, it was an eye-opening look at how childhood, relationships and society make us into the people (and artists) we become.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Classism
therecoveringbookworm's review against another edition
emotional
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inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Classism
Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition
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4.0
Thanks to Libro FM and the publisher for sending me an arc of the audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
I read Girl, Woman, Other in 2021 and loved it, so when I saw that Bernardine Evaristo had a memoir coming out, I was keen to pick it up. I was interested to know more about her as a person and this book certainly delivered.
Evaristo chronicles her childhood growing up in London, her life as a writer, her process for writing, and how she became an activist involved in theatre and mentoring young people of colour. She describes how she discovered in her youth that she liked women (cataloguing one particularly toxic, emotionally abusive relationship in startling detail), but later in life felt that she preferred men.
She also describes the racism she's endured over the decades and what it was like to meet Margaret Atwood at the bottom of the stairs to the stage, knowing they had both just won the Booker Prize. Evaristo has had such an interesting life and she narrates it all with a clarity and candor that make this a really engaging read.
Content warnings for discussions of racism and sexism, break ins, emotionally abusive, toxic relationships, domestic abuse.
I read Girl, Woman, Other in 2021 and loved it, so when I saw that Bernardine Evaristo had a memoir coming out, I was keen to pick it up. I was interested to know more about her as a person and this book certainly delivered.
Evaristo chronicles her childhood growing up in London, her life as a writer, her process for writing, and how she became an activist involved in theatre and mentoring young people of colour. She describes how she discovered in her youth that she liked women (cataloguing one particularly toxic, emotionally abusive relationship in startling detail), but later in life felt that she preferred men.
She also describes the racism she's endured over the decades and what it was like to meet Margaret Atwood at the bottom of the stairs to the stage, knowing they had both just won the Booker Prize. Evaristo has had such an interesting life and she narrates it all with a clarity and candor that make this a really engaging read.
Content warnings for discussions of racism and sexism, break ins, emotionally abusive, toxic relationships, domestic abuse.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting