katiemcvay's reviews
268 reviews

I tried my hardest not to finish reading this book, just because I enjoyed the reading of it so much. This book is why I love reading. Gornick expressed things I've felt but never had words for. She delves into the complicated relationship with her mother and how the echoes of that impact her life. Her mother isn't my mother, but the intricate binds between mother and daughter are so clearly expressed here that I, immediately and viscerally, better understood my own connection to my mother, my past, and my future.

This book felt a little muddled to me and was an occasional slog. I did learn a lot of new information, which was cool, but some items seemed under-covered. Like, for example, there's a section on personal changes you can make, but with the amount of plastic used in manufacturing (and with me having no way to overhaul large manufacturing processes) that section felt like a real moment of false optimism. I'm glad this book was written. I am glad I read it (just because it is a topic that fascinates me and I wanted to be better informed) but as a read, it wasn't my favorite.

Worst book I have read in a minute. Needs an editor.