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I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris by Glynnis MacNicol
medievalmeal's review against another edition
DNF @ 78%
This was too much white woman parisian history for me to be interested in this. I love travel writing, and I love feminist writing, but I do not care about Paris, and maybe I should have known better- but I just thought this would be less about Paris and more about the author! Unfortunately, I did not care much for those parts either. I appreciate her self confidence ("people seem to hate me because i don't hate myself for being single & childless) but I think she just completely lost me when she mentioned she stopped posting on Instagram because her life makes everyone jealous.
This was too much white woman parisian history for me to be interested in this. I love travel writing, and I love feminist writing, but I do not care about Paris, and maybe I should have known better- but I just thought this would be less about Paris and more about the author! Unfortunately, I did not care much for those parts either. I appreciate her self confidence ("people seem to hate me because i don't hate myself for being single & childless) but I think she just completely lost me when she mentioned she stopped posting on Instagram because her life makes everyone jealous.
megbodz's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I loved Glynnis MacNicol's first book No One Tells You This, so when I heard that she was publishing a book about her time in Paris in 2021, I couldn't wait to start reading it. It is a joy to explore Paris with MacNicol. I found myself Googling street views of different blocks she describes and pulling up bios of women writers, photographers, and painters who also resided in Paris whose houses MacNicol's visits. Equal parts reflection on female pleasure and the pursuit of it as it is a memoir, a great read!
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