Gertrude Stein let's you learn some stuff about herself and her friends through the eyes of her partner Alice. You are however left with a longing for actually seeing life through Alice's eyes, which would have been more than just Gertrude i hope,even if her voice must be very genuinely Alice. 

Use this book to create an overview who's who in the art and literature world of France, England and America in the first 30 years of the 1900s. And their quirks. 

Mostly an excersize in style, and probably bit of a quirky joke Stein did with by writing Alice's autobiography and making a point of how that can never go well because you cannot really be someone else than yourself, even if you get the voice correctly of the one you are pretending to be. Can almost see Alice be like "oh god, Gertrude... You made it all about yourself. This is so typically you" 

So yes, read if you like language games and mulling over exersizes in style and form, and the result of authors putting constraints on their writing. 

And if you just want to understand the art world of that time a bit better.

3 stars for Stein showing off being crafty with creating a specific voice. We get it Stein, you are good with words.