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A review by jaredpence
A Sentimental Education by Hannah McGregor
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25
This book was an absolute pleasure to listen to. I couldn’t stop. While I enjoyed it immensely and really appreciated the way McGregor demonstrated effectively their identity position and blending of memoir and theory, I’m not always convinced that the theory holds together as well or as effortlessly as McGregor’s confident and thoughtful voice makes it seem.
I LOVE the critiques of academia, but then feel a little unsure about McGregor’s position of privilege from within academia. It is almost as though they are critiquing the very things they are part of and sustain. So that seeming incongruence is just a big question mark for me, as I think it is for McGregor as the tensions are usually addressed and explained.
I LOVE the critiques of academia, but then feel a little unsure about McGregor’s position of privilege from within academia. It is almost as though they are critiquing the very things they are part of and sustain. So that seeming incongruence is just a big question mark for me, as I think it is for McGregor as the tensions are usually addressed and explained.