A review by owlsongs
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

3.0

This book opened with Ann Carson translating Sappho and Brillat-Savarin on pain and pleasure and I knew it would suck the marrow out of me. I'm surprised, both that it lived up to the hype and that it could speak so specifically to me, now, finishing my first year in New York, when it was about an utterly dissimilar experience. A visceral book. I want an expensive glass of wine, and to know what I'm talking about while I swirl it in my glass. I'm still working out when I can fit becoming a sommelier into my career plans. Definitely planning a trip to my fave Philly wine and cheese spot in the meantime.