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Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus by Sandi Toksvig
3 reviews
laurajordensharris's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Lesbophobia, and Outing
chrisscorkscrew's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.5
Lighthearted memoir packed full of interesting personal anecdotes and historical asides. Particularly recommend the audio version read by the author herself.
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia and Sexism
haddy's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
I really enjoyed listening to this, I love Sandi so it was nice to hear about her life. It took me a while to get into the format as I felt it jumped around quite a lot, but then I realised that is how I think and talk😂
I felt that there was quite a maudlin/sad tone to most of it, and I get why because she’s been through a lot but she just seemed so defeated and tired sometimes it made me quite sad:(
That being said, some of it was very funny and if anything I wish it would have been longer. I loved that she not only included stories from her own life that linked to the stops but also included the history of the area too. I thought it was quite interesting that some of it was written in present tense.
I felt that there was quite a maudlin/sad tone to most of it, and I get why because she’s been through a lot but she just seemed so defeated and tired sometimes it made me quite sad:(
That being said, some of it was very funny and if anything I wish it would have been longer. I loved that she not only included stories from her own life that linked to the stops but also included the history of the area too. I thought it was quite interesting that some of it was written in present tense.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
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