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shermreads's review against another edition
2.0
really really struggled through this book & the narrow perspective of the author. peak upper class white western feminism, which is not necessarily a perspective which needs more airtime. I’m also not interested hearing more about the struggles within such a narrow confine of kinship, without making an attempt or acknowledge of attempts to blow it up/reimagine entirely (see: the radical stuff being proposed with alloparenting, non cis-het family units, etc)
that being said, there were some truly beautiful passages & great questions asked! but I’m not sure I would recommend anyone wade through the rest of it to get to the pearls.
that being said, there were some truly beautiful passages & great questions asked! but I’m not sure I would recommend anyone wade through the rest of it to get to the pearls.
read_and_bleu's review against another edition
4.0
This book was insightful and I felt my own swaying questioning about parenthood eloquently explored. A slow burning tennis match, a ‘will she won’t she’ teased out over cycles, locations and moods.
laura_reads_'s review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ellutag's review against another edition
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
kathryn_a_million's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A well written but ultimately tormenting read. Maybe it caught me at a bad time but I felt a little depresso with all the indecisiveness and pessimism. I know she’s probably right about everything though.
mckmillican's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this as a deep dive into the obsessions of someone else’s brain. I don’t feel any ambivalence about motherhood so I think there’s a level of connection with the topic of debate I missed out on, but I highlighted so much through the book and really enjoyed watching the cogs turn in Heti’s brain. Definitely not a speedy read - I chipped away at this slowly.
mabe_l's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Deportation
decoincidenza's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bimmbles's review against another edition
3.0
Parts of this were absolutely beautiful, and parts of this I found really repetitive and reductive.