Rachel G. (roach808) -
I received this book from the publisher for free via the Goodreads Giveaways. Here's my review:
First, it took me awhile. The book I received is 200 pages, not 256 as Goodreads would have had me believe. Not big, and I thought this would go pretty quickly. The first half was just hard for me to get into, it went very slowly for me.
Secondly, the timelines moving around really confused me. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention in the beginning, but the person she seemed to describe herself as in the beginning when her student wanted to be like her - didn't seem like the person she was at the end. Also, that was never tied back in again, so I felt like nothing was recapitulated or summarized and I missed that.
Third, while some parts went at a fine pace for the book, but slow in my page turning; there are some parts that she just never really discusses. I guess they're parts of other books, but going into detail about lover and lover and then merely mentioning Marie seemed unbalanced and unfair to the reader.
Finally, I did like the FINAL paragraph sort of trying to tie things up but the last chapter/section focusing on an ex-husband really felt out of place in her memoir. I mean, it's her memoir and it is her life so it should go where it goes -- but maybe I just felt it was an odd place to end.
So, overall, I was interested in her memoir and my perception of why I think she wrote it -- a solid 3-stars, but I couldn't give anymore for all the confusion and back-and-forthing and writing that was sometimes hard to follow chronologically.
First, it took me awhile. The book I received is 200 pages, not 256 as Goodreads would have had me believe. Not big, and I thought this would go pretty quickly. The first half was just hard for me to get into, it went very slowly for me.
Secondly, the timelines moving around really confused me. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention in the beginning, but the person she seemed to describe herself as in the beginning when her student wanted to be like her - didn't seem like the person she was at the end. Also, that was never tied back in again, so I felt like nothing was recapitulated or summarized and I missed that.
Third, while some parts went at a fine pace for the book, but slow in my page turning; there are some parts that she just never really discusses. I guess they're parts of other books, but going into detail about lover and lover and then merely mentioning Marie seemed unbalanced and unfair to the reader.
Finally, I did like the FINAL paragraph sort of trying to tie things up but the last chapter/section focusing on an ex-husband really felt out of place in her memoir. I mean, it's her memoir and it is her life so it should go where it goes -- but maybe I just felt it was an odd place to end.
So, overall, I was interested in her memoir and my perception of why I think she wrote it -- a solid 3-stars, but I couldn't give anymore for all the confusion and back-and-forthing and writing that was sometimes hard to follow chronologically.
