Dan
I actually quite enjoyed this book, but the reason I gave it a lower rating is because unfortunately I found reading it to be a bit grating.
Let me be clear, I found the book enlightening, I just could not get over how willing the narrator was to overlook how insufferable her partner was. To be fair to her, that was a good bit of the book's innards--Much of the book was spent on self-reflection and realization of herself. I really enjoyed this and growing and learning with the narrator. However, it was so abundantly clear to me from an early stage that her partner was just taking advantage of her in many ways. My disdain for him grew as the book went on. Unfortunately, it made reading the book a bit of a chore as I pitied the narrator and felt contemptuous towards her partner and wanted her to take action over her own life.
I think despite that, I would consider rereading this in the future. I read this shortly after a tough breakup and I think that also gave me a different lens I was reading this book through, which charged some of my feelings. Maybe with a little more time behind me I will find this book still interesting but get less upset at the narrator, because I think I felt like she needed to take so much action because she reminded me in some ways of myself.
I actually quite enjoyed this book, but the reason I gave it a lower rating is because unfortunately I found reading it to be a bit grating.
Let me be clear, I found the book enlightening, I just could not get over how willing the narrator was to overlook how insufferable her partner was. To be fair to her, that was a good bit of the book's innards--Much of the book was spent on self-reflection and realization of herself. I really enjoyed this and growing and learning with the narrator. However, it was so abundantly clear to me from an early stage that her partner was just taking advantage of her in many ways. My disdain for him grew as the book went on. Unfortunately, it made reading the book a bit of a chore as I pitied the narrator and felt contemptuous towards her partner and wanted her to take action over her own life.
I think despite that, I would consider rereading this in the future. I read this shortly after a tough breakup and I think that also gave me a different lens I was reading this book through, which charged some of my feelings. Maybe with a little more time behind me I will find this book still interesting but get less upset at the narrator, because I think I felt like she needed to take so much action because she reminded me in some ways of myself.