A review by lilyaronovitz
Model Citizen: A Memoir by Joshua Mohr

3.0

{3.5} It took me a little bit to settle into the rhythm of this book because of the constant time jumps and abundance of long run-on sentences. The time jumps were disorienting at first, and I wasn't sure where the book was supposed to be going, or what cohesive story Mohr was really trying to tell. The long sentences were a little overwhelming, and led me to read too fast and miss some of the details. It's also worth mentioning that the "freelapse" in the synopsis which seems like a major part of the story really takes up no more than a few pages. The rest of the memoir is about Mohr's addiction journey as a whole. But I would say around halfway, I really started to understand the time jumps and notice the beauty and lyricism in the writing. The metaphors Mohr used throughout the novel were so unique and expressive, and I loved how he was able to tie his thoughts and experiences with addiction to the everyday events. This isn't the most linear or "story"-like book/memoir, but undoubtedly, the writing is beautiful.