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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Animal death, Death, Drug use
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Death of parent
I had never heard of Joseph Fink, Meg Bashwiner, or Welcome to Night Vale, but I was interested in the premise of their shared memoir. And while Joseph is supposedly the professional writer of the two, I liked Meg’s writing better (and highly recommend listening to the audiobook for her narration!).
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
You know when you’re telling a story about something that happened between you and a family member, friend, or significant other years ago, and suddenly the other person says, “Wait a second, that’s not how it happened?” That’s this book in a nutshell. Authors Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink each wrote essays about every year of their relationship’s first decade without consulting one another, then combined them in chronological order to map their love story. The result is a story that, when I was reading, almost felt like I was seeing a flip-book version of a couple’s relationship. I loved playing “spot the difference” between Joseph and Meg’s tellings of each year, and I came away from the book with a greater appreciation of how each of us experiences the same events, the same time frame, in a different way based on what matters most to us and what we’ve been through before. I just loved the writing styles throughout this book. I already knew I liked Joseph’s writing, of course, having listened to hundreds of hours of “Welcome to Night Vale” and read several of his books. But Meg’s very down-to-earth and sharp-witted style provided an excellent contrast to Joseph’s more literary, kind of “floaty” voice. I hope to read more from Meg in the future! If you want to feel some feelings about love, maybe check this out for your next summer read.
This was a cool concept for two people in a marriage to write their thoughts and perspectives for a 10 year time period. I would have never picked this up on my own had I not won this on Goodreads giveaways, but I'm glad I got to read it. The book definitely gives you pointers on how to properly communicate with your partner regardless if they meant to or not. They worked together even when they were annoyed, angry, frustrated, or sad. I guess I didn't like the repetitive information that they each gave in multiple chapters.
I highly recommend this book.
I highly recommend this book.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
reflective
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Brilliant! Amazing writing...happy, poignant, inspiring, insightful, creative...just a wonderful description of a modern relationship and the two people who make it work. Loved every word, sentence, paragraph, chapter, and year.