bookishbisexual's reviews
155 reviews

A beautiful book about loneliness, connection and love. It did lose me a little in the middle, but overall this is a book I really enjoyed and am happy to recommend to others. 

It’s always hard to rate a memoir - this is someone’s life after all. What I will say is this is very well written and paced. I’m glad I read it. But I wonder if my feelings are affected because of what I didn’t get out of the book - regret. I expected to see that from her and I didn’t. Is that my own bias or do I think she is still editing her life?  She does know herself better than a random reader does. That being said, I do think there are still parts that Jill kept out of this book that I wanted to know. 

I wanted to know if she ever felt for anyone else closer to her age throughout their marriage, if Arnold stayed faithful to her (since he was a serial cheater when they met), and if he ever actually spoke about his reaction to the police after her brothers abuse.

 

A difficult but necessary book about generational trauma as it relates to anti blackness. I don’t know if I’ll ever re read it, but I will hold it close to me. 

A perfect book. Well written, thought provoking, engaging. This is something I’ll come back to time and time again. I only wish I spoke French so I could read her other work! 

A fantastic biography of a….kinda terrible person. I do love The Well of Lonliness but oh boy John was a difficult person. I really enjoyed this author and will read more of her work. 

This one is going to stay with me for a long time. If you can stomach it (read the trigger warnings carefully), I would highly recommend it. 

When I first started reading this book, I really didn’t think that the author could convince me that such a large scale of the population would accept and gleefully participate in cannibalism. 

But when I really think about our current consumption, like really think about it, it’s not that far fetched. So much of our clothing is made in sweatshops, iPhones use child labour, we have legalized slavery through the prison system, and we are so separated from our food that many of us have never set foot near a slaughterhouse or factory.

We don’t really think about where these things come from because the second we do it’s really daunting and horrible.  It is much easier (and kind of necessary to get on with your life ) to push it to the back of your mind and continue using your iPhone, which I am currently typing on…

A beautiful story about motherhood, the choice to be one or not to be one.  

Riveting, exciting and inspiring. Julie Fox the woman that you are!!