amandalorianxo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I will admit I picked this one as one of my BOTM choices when this was released as part of their collection I believe a year or two ago. But I started it and then tucked it away. It wasn’t because of the writing, I just didn’t have the headspace for it at the time. But I found this at my local library and picked it up. I spent pockets of my weekend reading it (relatively short in pages & chapters) I appreciated the candor in Ashley’s tone and felt pained at her childhood & the tumultuous relationship with her mother. I’m glad there was light for her when she left Indiana.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Abandonment and Physical abuse
Minor: Death
desiree_g's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
elenanaumcev's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
heyashjp's review against another edition
4.0
(Rated 3.5) I first encountered Ashley C. Ford by way of her Skillshare course, and have been a fan of her descriptive storytelling since. Somebody's Daughter is a poignant, beautifully written story about some difficult experiences. I admire Ford's ability to tell her story in this way. At times, I found the narrative was slower than needed or looked really deeply into one direction when I was curious about others, but telling one's own story is of course not an easy thing to do. Overall I thought this was a good book, though the hype I've seen around it gave me different expectations. I also did this as an audiobook, and think that Ford's style might be better suited to reading the physical copy.
anneb42's review against another edition
4.0
4.5. Audiobook is read by the author and it’s gorgeous. A difficult but beautiful read.
zns0002's review against another edition
DNF at 43%. This is the second time I’ve tried to read Somebody’s Daughter, and the second time I’ve failed. All signs pointed to this being a memoir I would love, but at some point along the way I couldn’t relate to the stories Ford told and I constantly found myself zoning out. Just not for me. That’s not really anyone’s fault, so no rating.