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jaclyncrupi's review against another edition
4.0
I wish I had the ability to encapsulate this book but I know I can never do it justice and it's so many things. Part memoir, part love story, part identity politics theory, it's like nothing else. As a cisgender woman I have limited personal experience of gender fluidity and this book schooled me. It's deeply personal and Nelson's descriptions of labour and motherhood are astonishing. I've read it twice now and know I'll return to it again.
lizzardbeth99's review against another edition
4.75
absolutely brilliant. this was mildly confusing as the synopsis described this as “auto theory” but after finishing it i fully understand and agree. Nelson has taken her life experiences and reinforced them with other scholars and theorists in an attempt to rationalize and pay homage to her past selves. while the vivid birth scenes were necessary to the plot and i wouldn’t have her change them, they still made me shudder with the pleasant way she describes this grotesque experience.
feelingfrazzled's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
speakeasie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
chloeliana's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Maggie Nelson will always get 5 stars from me
snotboy's review against another edition
3.5
post regretting motherhood and bluets. i found parts to be very difficult. the parts that moved me were thrilling and interesting. these topics are all very much in my world and therefore intimate. i want to give it more stars, for the parts i loved, esp the last bit, but because such a significant amount of the book was lost on me, it loses stars. drowning in philosophical references.
eldymond's review
4.75
not sure why i took such a massive break in the middle of reading this, it was so good!!
pity_milk's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
kimchifairy's review
Deeply moving and yet joyfully exuberant in its technical virtuosity: makes you realise what an incredibly rare pairing this is, in writing as in any other art. Beautiful, close to flawless.