cdlindwall's review against another edition
3.0
Good to know that 19-year-old angst, all-consuming self-pitying, and delusions of grandeur have gone virtually unchanged in 100 some-odd years ha. What I found most moving about her journal was that the thing Mary believes makes her doomed to loneliness—that she is a bizarre, unloveable creature—is in fact exactly what connects her with all of humanity, who grapple with the sense of being misunderstood and ostracized. Human brains are fun, no?
So I’ll give the “poor pathetic Mary Maclane” 3 stars for her often profoundly beautiful writing and her trailblazing as an openly bisexual feminist who owned her contrarian genius—even if it wasn’t, as she liked to believe, singular ha.
So I’ll give the “poor pathetic Mary Maclane” 3 stars for her often profoundly beautiful writing and her trailblazing as an openly bisexual feminist who owned her contrarian genius—even if it wasn’t, as she liked to believe, singular ha.
bookycnidaria's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racism
katybug's review
reflective
4.25
had to get my own copy of this book because the urge to underline was too strong to ignore
emilydegrey's review against another edition
2.0
I like the existence of this book more than I enjoyed reading it. Good reminder not to be nostalgic for my teen years. I did enjoy the few descriptions of turn of the century Butte, Montana.
brookljn's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
nishbaindur's review against another edition
Forgive me for a reductionist view, but I couldn't take the ramblings of a 19-year-old experiencing the woes of teenage angst. Please do not come at me for my opinion. 😅