rdebner's review
3.0
I enjoyed reading her newest book. She is bridging that transition between wild, outrageous lifestyle that her two previous books were built on and a slightly more sedate version of that life now that she has a daughter. And yet, there is still so much in the book that is trademark H.G.
She is still the master of the great first line: she is the queen of hooks. Who would not want to read a story that begins: "I was definitely wearing the wrong clothes for a kidnapping, which is funny, because as a matter of course I'm usually outfitted pretty well for felonious behavior." (this is to cite but one of the tamer openings)
She is still the master of the great first line: she is the queen of hooks. Who would not want to read a story that begins: "I was definitely wearing the wrong clothes for a kidnapping, which is funny, because as a matter of course I'm usually outfitted pretty well for felonious behavior." (this is to cite but one of the tamer openings)
satyridae's review
3.0
I liked these little essays, though I did find that their charm was wearing thin by the end. I liked the parts about her childhood, and her eccentric parents best. She has two earlier books that I will no doubt read. It was an interesting book that was intermittently pretty hilarious with the odd descent into sentimentality.
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