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michelleleao10's review against another edition
4.0
It's a graduating speech that is a quick read. It's inspiring as it's supposed to be. Left me feeling positive after I was done.
lisawhelpley's review against another edition
4.0
Advice everyone needs to live a better life. Good for any age.
piecesoflune's review against another edition
2.0
I read this for my lunchtime companion and finished it faster than I ate my lunch. I had no idea it was a short book, more specifically a speech. There are some relatable parts. It was just okay; nothing really struck a chord or anything.
beeshep's review against another edition
3.0
I felt that you had to know a little more about Mary Karr to actually full grasp this speech. It felt kinda pieced together and it could have been a lot more cohesive in my opinion, but hey, I don't write commencement speeches. The world is our oyster and go get it, no matter what you've been through. Well worth the read though.
rumbledethumps's review against another edition
3.0
A great commencement speech, but not sure it needed to be turned into a book.
sab4's review against another edition
5.0
Sometimes you just need a pick me up. Fear is currently kicking my ass but I'm going to go out there and get curious, even it kills me (which it won't but still).
eralon's review against another edition
4.0
"And my beautiful outlaw mother read books the way junkies shoot dope." Hm, touche.
A deeply weird and memoir-centric commencement speech as one would expect from Mary Karr.
A deeply weird and memoir-centric commencement speech as one would expect from Mary Karr.
kateh3077's review against another edition
5.0
When I saw this book on Edelweiss I was attracted by the cover art then when I read the synopsis for it I knew I had to request it because I have never read any speeches but need to start doing so. Therefore I was really pleased that the Publisher approved my request and downloaded it immediately.
This book caught my attention immediately so much so that I read the first 40% of it within 20 minutes of starting it. Mary's writing was almost lyrical in places and I was able to understand the message she was trying to get across to the students that the speech was for. She was trying to tell the students to be themselves and to go out into the world and do what they want to do with their lives not what other people want them to do.
I know that I will re-read this book and I really want to read her other books as well. This is a book that I will both recommend to others as well buy it as a gift for anyone who I think will enjoy it. It is for these reasons that I gave the book a five star rating.
This book caught my attention immediately so much so that I read the first 40% of it within 20 minutes of starting it. Mary's writing was almost lyrical in places and I was able to understand the message she was trying to get across to the students that the speech was for. She was trying to tell the students to be themselves and to go out into the world and do what they want to do with their lives not what other people want them to do.
I know that I will re-read this book and I really want to read her other books as well. This is a book that I will both recommend to others as well buy it as a gift for anyone who I think will enjoy it. It is for these reasons that I gave the book a five star rating.
raeallic's review against another edition
5.0
"there's an unexpected power coming from care that I choose to interpret as divine."