portmope's review against another edition
2.0
Look…. I understand structurally and thematically what is going on here and yet honestly, as a story it suffers from bad boyfriend disease.
olivianw's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I’m so glad I read this book now, in my early 30s. It hasn’t necessarily answered questions, rather I feel as though it has clarified what those questions are for me. Motherhood is all at once intensely personal and universal.
ficklefever's review
4.0
the story of a 39 year old woman learning how to take antidepressants... lol
but really this book is magical and i am fully INTO autofiction now. i don't know what it says about me that i've been relating heavily to autofiction by women in their late 30s (i am 24! 24!!!). there's a line about the metamorphosis between caterpillar and butterfly, wherein the creature is just "mush," that i really loved. there were lots of lines i loved.
great if you want to be a mom or don't want to be a mom or have mommy issues or literally just think about being a woman ever.
but really this book is magical and i am fully INTO autofiction now. i don't know what it says about me that i've been relating heavily to autofiction by women in their late 30s (i am 24! 24!!!). there's a line about the metamorphosis between caterpillar and butterfly, wherein the creature is just "mush," that i really loved. there were lots of lines i loved.
great if you want to be a mom or don't want to be a mom or have mommy issues or literally just think about being a woman ever.
aileen_macalister's review
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-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? It's complicated
4.75
tinkerer's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
ophelia's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
suma_smoothie044's review
5.0
A quote review: "The problem is that life is long, and so much happens by accident, and choices made in a single week can affect an entire lifetime, and the decider within us is not always under our control. So as much as I can't see having a child, it's strange to imagine I actually won't. Yet the not-having seems just as amazing, unlikely and special as the having. Both feel like a kind of miracle. Both seem like a great feat. To go along with what nature demands and to resist it – both are really beautiful – impressive and difficult in their own ways. To battle nature and to submit nature, both feel very worthy. They both seem entirely valuable."
rvclepper's review
2.0
Although the book brought up great questions and thoughts around motherhood in our current culture and the decisions that weigh on the modern woman, it read like a journal. I would have liked a more researched book talking about a few more experienced, it was very centered in whiteness and upper class thoughts around considering having a child.