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A review by bethmara
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
1.0
Well this was a rocking bad time for me. Our protagonist starts out in deep postpartum depression describing her contempt for other mothers, overly touchy strangers and her newfound status as a white mom.
She travels to Reno without her newborn and confronts her past in ways that are described in the book jacket has 'darkly hilarious' but mostly just dark.
I'm all in for some biting self aware humor (Jenny Lawson and David Sedaris), but this book is just mean. Is there anyone the author actually likes? Not only did the main character not like anyone, I'm at a loss to figure out why she chose motherhood in the first place.
In addition to my strong dislike of this character, the author puts together rambling sentences meant to reflect the near fever dream status of postpartum depression life. The problem is, it was really hard for me to follow.
I went in hoping to have some of my postpartum experiences validated but just found this depressing and perhaps even moderately disturbing. Maybe you'll have more luck?
She travels to Reno without her newborn and confronts her past in ways that are described in the book jacket has 'darkly hilarious' but mostly just dark.
I'm all in for some biting self aware humor (Jenny Lawson and David Sedaris), but this book is just mean. Is there anyone the author actually likes? Not only did the main character not like anyone, I'm at a loss to figure out why she chose motherhood in the first place.
In addition to my strong dislike of this character, the author puts together rambling sentences meant to reflect the near fever dream status of postpartum depression life. The problem is, it was really hard for me to follow.
I went in hoping to have some of my postpartum experiences validated but just found this depressing and perhaps even moderately disturbing. Maybe you'll have more luck?