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dukegregory's review against another edition
4.0
Really great stuff with one fifth of it not comprised with really great stuff.
My reading load recently has been quite an intense batch of memoirs about grief and the subjugation of women. It's all been wonderfully ruminative but brutally grim. I wish to breathe.
My reading load recently has been quite an intense batch of memoirs about grief and the subjugation of women. It's all been wonderfully ruminative but brutally grim. I wish to breathe.
ajohnson88's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
oosij's review against another edition
4.0
beautifully written. maggie nelson weaves an emotional look into her aunt jane's murder with her haunting poetry, jane's journal entries, and clippings of news articles revolving around said murder. the brief mention of the other rape-murders linked to jane's death is horrifying and sickening, reminding us just how fragile it is to live as a woman (a girl!) in this world.
ehstraus's review against another edition
5.0
“Treating things lightly is indeed the answer to so much.”
subtle read about sisterhood, families, misogyny and men’s claim to women’s bodies. composed of news clippings, dreams, prose, poetry, and Jane’s own diary entries, reading this feels deeply personal and even invasive at times. this was both haunting and beautiful and feels like a true love letter even if the two had never met.
subtle read about sisterhood, families, misogyny and men’s claim to women’s bodies. composed of news clippings, dreams, prose, poetry, and Jane’s own diary entries, reading this feels deeply personal and even invasive at times. this was both haunting and beautiful and feels like a true love letter even if the two had never met.
crownofsage's review against another edition
fast-paced
5.0
Deeply affecting book. I liked it more than the argonauts, likely because I connected more personally to the subject matter.