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tianamannell's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
peggychecksitout's review against another edition
Recollections of My Non-Existence isn’t a conventional memoir, it’s more of an essayistic exploration of how she found her voice as the writer she is today. She muses on the forces around her that shaped her—her experiences facing gendered violence and oppression, the different communities she has been involved in and drawn to, and her love of books and writing.
Solnit has a really engaging writing style: she’s funny, insightful, lyrical and impactful. She effortlessly weaves together narratives exploring the personal, the philosophical, the political and the historic, and she is so good at invoking a sense of time and place you really come away feeling like you’ve experienced a small slice of it.
I think the best non-fiction is that which leaves you with the world making a little more sense in a new way—a small piece of the puzzle that is the human experience clicks into place, and this book was definitely achieved that for me.
Though this is only my third book of hers in my reading journey through her ouevre, it has definitely cemented Solnit as a guiding light in my own journey to find my way as a person and as an aspiring writer.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Physical abuse, Stalking, and Death of parent
novelyon's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Sexual violence
Minor: Stalking
hazelgirl21's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual violence
Minor: Racism and Death of parent
violetends's review against another edition
5.0
This book is just something else and I have not read another work that compares. It is difficult on an emotional level, but so much worth it.
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Classism
buntatamilis's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment
Minor: Misogyny, Stalking, and Classism