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A review by nakedsushi
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi
3.0
I wouldn't call this a light read considering some of the difficult things that Lakshmi writes about, but it was a good co-read to have around while reading some drier non-fiction. She's a great story teller and she's definitely lived a life. My favorite passages are the ones where she talks about her life in India and those family dynamics because it's something that I can relate to.
Like a lot of other memoirs, I found some parts disjointed or repetitive, like the author wrote this whole thing over a long period of time and only in the end did it get collected into book form. I liked the inclusion of recipes in the book, although I wouldn't call this a recipe book. The entire book could have used more editing because some sections were just overwrought, but mainly I was reading this for the story and not the prose, so I didn't take it too seriously.
Like a lot of other memoirs, I found some parts disjointed or repetitive, like the author wrote this whole thing over a long period of time and only in the end did it get collected into book form. I liked the inclusion of recipes in the book, although I wouldn't call this a recipe book. The entire book could have used more editing because some sections were just overwrought, but mainly I was reading this for the story and not the prose, so I didn't take it too seriously.