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isabelle_mary's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
3.5
I am glad we got a continuation on Stephanie’s story and I am hoping for one more book to complete it fully! I feel like in maid we heard the start of her journey, her leaving an abusive situation and trying to figure out her next steps, in class we see the next steps she took by being in college and moving to Montana, now I wanna hear about the steps she then took to write maid. While I feel like this book at some points dragged on I still overall thought it was a good memoir and will always look at Stephanie as a strong, brilliant, and amazing woman!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
heidilreads's review
4.0
This book was hard to read .... Because I related to the author's naysayers and that sucked. So many of her decisions weren't the logical ones that I thought were obvious. I admired that the author kept going. She didn't choose the easy way out, she didn't look for a devious or illegal option. She just kept going.
cupcates's review
3.0
it's weird to review memoirs but here we are. i much preferred maid, as this one felt a bit rushed and disjointed at times
bobmcbobson's review
3.0
I didn’t read Maid, but I did enjoy the miniseries. It provided a needed glimpse into the unrelenting difficulty of being poor in America. It was difficult to watch at times and I imagine I would have felt the same while reading the book.
Because of that, I was excited to read this sequel. However, the book was a bit of a disappointment. I see a lot of negative reviews based on people’s judgement of the author’s life choices. I tried to avoid being judgmental about her decisions, but at times that proved difficult as she seemed to be the cause of many of her problems. She also seems to lack the self awareness to recognize these occurrences, choosing instead to find blame with other people or with society in general.
My main disappointment with the book, however, isn’t the authors life choices, but her editorial ones. Some stories are told with incredible detail, whereas others are simply explained away in one or two sentences (her falling out with another single mom friend near the end of the book being the most egregious example). I feel like she left some of the best parts of the book on the cutting room floor and the book is lacking as a result.
Because of that, I was excited to read this sequel. However, the book was a bit of a disappointment. I see a lot of negative reviews based on people’s judgement of the author’s life choices. I tried to avoid being judgmental about her decisions, but at times that proved difficult as she seemed to be the cause of many of her problems. She also seems to lack the self awareness to recognize these occurrences, choosing instead to find blame with other people or with society in general.
My main disappointment with the book, however, isn’t the authors life choices, but her editorial ones. Some stories are told with incredible detail, whereas others are simply explained away in one or two sentences (her falling out with another single mom friend near the end of the book being the most egregious example). I feel like she left some of the best parts of the book on the cutting room floor and the book is lacking as a result.
hillaryflinn's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.75