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A review by nostalginaut
Girl with Glasses: My Optic History by Marissa Walsh
3.0
My opinion of this book is undeniably-skewed, being a dude, but I'm a little saddened that the part I found most interesting (and relatable) was the beginning, when the narrator describes how glasses have more or less shaped, even defined, her self-image and outward identity since childhood. I had some chuckles about how I and other kids saw people who wore glasses - specifically, the kind I also wore as a child - and how we wondered about what it would be like not to need them again someday. Then, contacts and the prospect of surgery. Et cetera.
It's cute how the author takes a glimpse at her own slices of life through the "lens" (heh) of a "girl with glasses," but it seems to make a lot of assumptions about others' perceptions. There are some fun quips about it here and there, but at times, it seems a little self-deprecating (NOTE: as a "guy with glasses," I realize that self-deprecation is something that some bespectacled people struggle with, anyway, so maybe that's the point).
Nevertheless, Girl with Glasses was a quick, fun read with an interesting viewpoint.
It's cute how the author takes a glimpse at her own slices of life through the "lens" (heh) of a "girl with glasses," but it seems to make a lot of assumptions about others' perceptions. There are some fun quips about it here and there, but at times, it seems a little self-deprecating (NOTE: as a "guy with glasses," I realize that self-deprecation is something that some bespectacled people struggle with, anyway, so maybe that's the point).
Nevertheless, Girl with Glasses was a quick, fun read with an interesting viewpoint.