when a memoir fails to be introspective, nothing can really compensate for this shortfall. it is especially saddening when the topics in themselves arwhen a memoir fails to be introspective, nothing can really compensate for this shortfall. it is especially saddening when the topics in themselves are extremely interesting but the way they are handled simply is ... not. to go beyond a superficial analysis shouldn't be too much to ask for what is supposed to be an autobiography !!
on the other hand i do feel for Jennette of course, and her dealings with eating disorders that I relate to oh too well, but it is clear that she has a tendency to be self-enabling and especially when it came to her relationship with Steven. i think that a conversation should be had on the way that she treated him and especially how easily she disregarded his wishes when it came to their intimacy and was almost forceful with it. long story short, forcing someone into consenting isn't something one is supposed to do, no matter the reason why they refuse in the first place. ...more
this girly just went to dinner with all french nobility and thought mentioning it all, plus specifying if the women were pretty or not, was enough to this girly just went to dinner with all french nobility and thought mentioning it all, plus specifying if the women were pretty or not, was enough to make it a memoir...more
there is something highly disturbing in witnessing how priscilla never really clearly saw through elvis' manipulative attempts to control her, only sothere is something highly disturbing in witnessing how priscilla never really clearly saw through elvis' manipulative attempts to control her, only sometimes gaining clarity but never enough to truly criticize him and see him for who he really was : a glorified piece of shit. ...more
imagine my surprise when i discover after a few minutes of research that the alleged rapist might not have been the actual rapist of Alice Sebold and imagine my surprise when i discover after a few minutes of research that the alleged rapist might not have been the actual rapist of Alice Sebold and that he has been released from prison 2 years ago after being (potentially wrongly) imprisoned for 16 years ...more
Alcibiades should rhyme with "absolute recklessness and egocentrism combined" because dear Gods does he deserve it, and I am sure every Athenian wouldAlcibiades should rhyme with "absolute recklessness and egocentrism combined" because dear Gods does he deserve it, and I am sure every Athenian would agree after the utter mess he created ...more
validating my love for literature by reading famous authors bragging about readers' superiority <3validating my love for literature by reading famous authors bragging about readers' superiority <3...more
françoise sagan's memoir is just girlhood encompassed : loving sartre, fawning over rimbaud's talent and thirsting over camus <3 françoise sagan's memoir is just girlhood encompassed : loving sartre, fawning over rimbaud's talent and thirsting over camus <3 ...more
my romanian friend got this book for me and all i can say is that i'm definitely ready to come and visit now !my romanian friend got this book for me and all i can say is that i'm definitely ready to come and visit now !...more
crude but in a necessary way, it should become a required reading for anyone thinking about engaging in that line of work because as the author puts icrude but in a necessary way, it should become a required reading for anyone thinking about engaging in that line of work because as the author puts it, prostitution isn't a viable project for the future. ...more
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