jonbot666's review against another edition
5.0
As someone who wants to also have a career as a writer, I found this memoir quite forthcoming about the advantages she benefitted from and also about the bizarre jobs one works at on the way to and during a successful writing career. Most of the chapters were fascinating and so well written I have few notes or descriptions that could do this book justice. I loved every minute of reading it.
alexis_maturana's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
safsaf118's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
4.75
Genuinely couldn't put it down. Just a really beautiful and unflinching look at labour and art and making a living. I also had the chance to listen to the author at Word on the Street festival and she was so fantastic and the live reading was so cool. Obsessed with the sections between each chapter about her and her friends.
mniiida's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like I missed the point of this book completely or the reviews were just misleading?? this was a straightforward memoir about work as an artist or creative person – all the odd jobs that take up so much of your life and the systems of oppression that weren't built for you. I liked the intentional vagueness in the book, I felt like I was in on a secret with the author when I was able to guess people or places. Stories and memories were told very matter-of-factly, which didn't resonate with me. It felt like a lot of different thoughts, recollections and social commentary were just thrown together, missing that golden thread weaving it together.
dessa's review against another edition
5.0
This book feels like a triumph the way a day of good work feels like a triumph, like a con, like getting away with something. The triumph is secret and guarded and personal, and those who purchase your labour can never purchase your triumph.
camillejov's review against another edition
5.0
This book was true and beautiful - I loved it! Also so fun to recognize little slices of Toronto throughout.