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kkozzz's review
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
2.5
I love Carrie and really wanted to love this book but I just couldn’t. Her writing is incredible, however I feel like she left so much on the table and kept circling back to so many of the same topics and themes she had already covered regarding the band. It got to the point where it just seemed repetitive and I had to switch to the audiobook to get through it. There’s also a super triggering, vivid, and unexpected scene involving an animal’s death that was out of left field and then kind of just moved on from. She opens the book discussing family life but never paints a clear picture of a lot of trauma she touches on. Again, there just seemed to be a lot left unexplained that I wonder why she even brought up to begin with, and too much content about the band that seemed redundant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Chronic illness
magnesen's review
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death
turidt's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, and Medical content
Minor: Alcohol
elenushka8's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
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Graphic: Animal death
dnlrbchd's review against another edition
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Outing
Moderate: Animal death and Medical content
Minor: Pregnancy
twilightfan420's review
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
This is truly one of the best memoirs I’ve read in a long while. I believe Carrie Brownstein is one of the most creatively talented people of this age and this book only further proved it. It was everything a memoir should be: visceral, exposed, sometimes nauseatingly sad with punches of laugh-out-loud humor in the same graf. I’ve rarely seen musicians explore the intersection between fandom and fame, but I thought this memoir did so in a way that really made me evaluate the relationship fans form with musicians they admire. As a casual fan of Sleater-Kinney (though I’m on a huge listening kick now) I loved getting to dive into the world of Riot Grrrl and feminist punk music; the way Brownstein wrote was so immersive you couldn’t pick this book up without knowing who or what Sleater-Kinney is and probably still enjoy it just as much. I can tell this memoir will be one I return to both for inspiration and to re-read some of the best narrative nonfiction I’ve found in a moment.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Animal death and Mental illness
amobrien's review
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders