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A review by emosheeran
Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
slow-paced
2.0
The first half of this book I enjoyed quite a bit; I had numerous passages highlighted and a lot of Rebecca’s feelings were very relatable, but the last half completely lost my interest and took me so long to get through.
I’m not really sure what Rebecca was going for while writing this because it targets several different things. I expected to learn quite a bit about her—I had no knowledge of her existence before reading this—but I can safely say I still do not know much about her coming out of it.
A lot about her life gets skimmed; very little drew me in and made me want to know about her experiences. I feel like trying to connect with your readers emotionally is rather important with these subjects, but that was missing from here, or at least the last half.
At times it did feel kinda white feminist as well.
I’m not really sure what Rebecca was going for while writing this because it targets several different things. I expected to learn quite a bit about her—I had no knowledge of her existence before reading this—but I can safely say I still do not know much about her coming out of it.
A lot about her life gets skimmed; very little drew me in and made me want to know about her experiences. I feel like trying to connect with your readers emotionally is rather important with these subjects, but that was missing from here, or at least the last half.
At times it did feel kinda white feminist as well.