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kimmeyer's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Sexual assault
cartermon4's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug use, Fatphobia, and Rape
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
notlikethebeer's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Sexual assault
leefox's review against another edition
3.0
-easy, flowing reading experience
-lacking narrative arc
-confusing timeline
-fine, kind of boring
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Alcohol
nadia's review against another edition
3.25
It was difficult to piece together a narrative arc, to set the scene, and to understand what Attenberg was hoping the reader would take away from her stories (though I got there by the end). I felt dropped in the middle of her stories and struggled to form an emotional connection with her.
Still, there were some really interesting sections and reflections that did capture my attention despite me being distracted and I appreciated Attenberg's openness and vulnerability surrounding these.
If you're into books about women travelling solo, surviving as a writer, and not giving up in the face of failure or rejection, then this is a great book for you!
Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence
e_tully4's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Sexual assault
skeltzer's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide attempt
Minor: Fatphobia
sshabein's review against another edition
5.0
This is a book full of great sentences, thoughts on what it means to live for your creative life, and how one writer found a sense of home for herself. Definitely recommend.
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual assault
deedireads's review against another edition
4.25
First, big thanks to Libro.fm and Harper Audio for the audio review copy of this book! I’d been looking forward to it for a while, because I’m a big fan of Jami Attenberg’s substack newsletter, “Craft Talk,” and her annual 1000 Words of Summer write-a-thon.
I Came All This Way to Meet You is one of my favorite kinds of memoirs: about an ordinary life, made meaningful in the details. There’s no denying that Attenberg is a great writer of words, and it shows here. The book is honest, funny, heartfelt, sincere, and very generous.
I will say that the narration style of the audiobook wasn’t my favorite. (She did not read it herself, FYI.) Some people may prefer it; I think it was meant to be a more expressive style. But for me, I think the intonation distracted a bit from what were, underneath, really resonant and hard-hitting sentences. I may decide to reread a print copy in the future. But the book itself is excellent enough that I really enjoyed it anyway.
Thank you, Jami, for sharing this gift with us.
Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Suicide attempt
emzireads's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide attempt