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sbgage's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Drug abuse
Minor: Fatphobia
sarah_guido's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
t_mcconnell's review against another edition
4.0
The language of this book is absolutely beautiful. I don't have words to describe it, but I was hooked from the first chapter. I loved reading about Hudes' family and her childhood and seeing how she interwove language, music, religion, art, and her family into each of her chapters. I was completely drawn into the book, and finished it entirely in one day. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
ellenclibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
a beautiful memoir of strong women, and an eloquent, perceptive, and illustrative story of the role language, in all its forms, has in shaping us
nickscoby's review against another edition
3.0
Hudes is a beautiful poetic writer and I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. Can't put my finger on it but I just didn't feel connected to it. My mind kept wandering. So I'll just blame myself and say that I am flawed because I'm sure this book is great.
mxnjrees's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Powerful truths expressed with such strong narrative energy that a memoir feels like a novel.
piranesita's review against another edition
5.0
Incredibly powerful and moving. I love everything about this book