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kgraham10's review
2.0
Quote from the book about the authors own writing style: “She writes in the same way she got through recess, by creating arbitrary goals, and x uses to move from one place to another, moving in circles, the movement itself an approximation of living, a mimicry of life.”
jimmylorunning's review
3.75
stories patched together from memory or mis-memory or conjecture or family folklore or logical deduction or an empty space where a memory should be
stories fragmented by location / dislocation
the non-linear quality of the book perfectly mirrors how memories come disconnected from a before or after
this incomplete memory, not in any order of time or place, is also how I remember or fail to remember
she writes in first person at times and in 3rd person at other times, reflecting how she sometimes sees herself from a distance
final chapter is very moving and should be read in one sitting
stories fragmented by location / dislocation
the non-linear quality of the book perfectly mirrors how memories come disconnected from a before or after
this incomplete memory, not in any order of time or place, is also how I remember or fail to remember
she writes in first person at times and in 3rd person at other times, reflecting how she sometimes sees herself from a distance
final chapter is very moving and should be read in one sitting
She could not conceive what it must have been like for the conquistadors, to believe that wherever you went, you were a god.
anneshamitha's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
The flow, organization, and curation of detail felt off to me. But each fragment contained something really beautiful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Grief, Child death, Colonisation, War, Self harm, Racism, Misogyny, Eating disorder, Death, Death of parent, and Classism