A review by danielna
Being Lolita: A Memoir by Alisson Wood

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

I read Being Lolita immediately after my second read of My Dark Vanessa. There is so much overlap between the two abusive relationships; although one is fictional, it is a sad tale we see over and over again. Wood knows how to cut the reader deep, and I found myself having to take breaks after each chapter once the relationship is in full swing. The same point I see driven home again and again in these stories: you were so much younger than you thought you were. I look back now at my own high school photos and am startled at how baby faced I was, when I thought of myself as mature and powerful. Thank you Alisson Wood, for sharing your experiences, for working to make the world safer for the girls who came after you.