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wanderlustdamsel's review against another edition
3.0
Memoir in form of different unrelated essays is an excellent way to overcome efforts to build up narrative and managing overall flow of content. But still taking each individual essay, I felt it was quite disjointed. Each incident was mashed up with entirely different incident in another time frame. For example - the orange spot reminding of ring worm infection was understood but why did it even jump to the airport scene in first place while talking about boy scout was lost on me. I found this issue with each session, even more with the final essay on which the book is named.
No doubt reading about the author's take on various everyday things was interesting but as a book overall, even in the essays were unrelated from each other, the individual essays require some more work to make it a wholesome read.
No doubt reading about the author's take on various everyday things was interesting but as a book overall, even in the essays were unrelated from each other, the individual essays require some more work to make it a wholesome read.
plottrysts's review against another edition
4.0
This is a collection of short-form non-fiction essays, in the style of David Sedaris or Peter Mayle. It's a great book for when you don't have a lot of time - you can sneak in a chapter while your kid is brushing her teeth (Meg) or while you're waiting for something to download (Laine). Each essay is written with gentle humor and they are relaxing reads.
CW - watch out if you're like Laine and don't like bodily functions! There are lots of references to belches, zits, and even ringworm.
This objective review is based on a complimentary copy of the book.
CW - watch out if you're like Laine and don't like bodily functions! There are lots of references to belches, zits, and even ringworm.
This objective review is based on a complimentary copy of the book.
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