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Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

roxymaybe's review against another edition

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4.0

it's all a bit *jerkoff motion* but like, she's not wrong

marbo's review against another edition

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maybe the narrator just pissed me off but damn I’m becoming WARY these essayists are not good I don’t think you can call this anything but navel gazing there’s no interesting critique here at all. Maybe groundbreaking 4 years ago? I doubt it 

flowerfae's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Probably the best version of White Woman points at stuff and says "Huh, really makes you think" I've read (And as white woman who loves pointing, I've read many)

Many stand out essays among mostly meandering thoughts on Emily Dickinson and Virginia Wolfe. Definitely worth reading once, and possibly even twice.

I give it 3 vanilla greek yogurt & granola parfaits out of 5. It's what you're looking for, if you're into that sort of thing.

themanicuredshelf's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

ghoul_at_home's review

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funny informative medium-paced

4.0

ryyy27's review against another edition

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funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

the_nib3's review against another edition

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5.0

i found it formative

gabrielleshowalter's review against another edition

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5.0

the best book i read in 2023

cmstrand's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

iriidescent's review against another edition

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2.0

Meh. This felt like a collection of musings, but with little input from the author.