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potterpav's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
i would’ve never read this by choice (the name would’ve sent me running in the opposite direction) but thanks to my “diverse” and “modern” uni course , it was required reading .. credit where credit is due , some parts of this book were rlly interesting & thought-provoking and i genuinely enjoyed reading it (the parts abt schizophrenia and chris’s thoughts on feminism especially) but the rest of it was dull and sooooo creepy😭 dick’s final letter is so much kinder than i would’ve put it if some random lady i met once wrote 250 pages of letters abt how she’s in love w me . strange and emotive but lots and lots of underlined quotes - “you are trying to find some way of living you believe in. i envy this” say it louder chris babes !!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder and Racial slurs
Minor: Abortion
lindsaylhunter's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I really don't know where to start with this book. I am neither American, nor middle-aged, nor upper middle class, and I feel like that combination serves me poorly as a reader of this memoir. It's incredibly difficult to engage with something that references so many (to me) unknown people, events, places and concepts. That said, there are certain lines that stay with me even now that I've finished it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content