Kelsey
I love to be reminded that even people with vastly different stories can undergo the same beautiful, tragic, and bittersweet human experiences. There were moments in this book where it felt like Casey was describing an emotional episode that I've lived through but have never been able to put into the correct words to explain to someone else. When writers are able to do that, I almost immediately fall in love.
But despite enjoying the prose and the story, I was a bit disappointed by the ending. It felt unfinished or rushed, at best. I wanted to hear more about his self-discovery, self-acceptance, and overall transformation. The whole purpose of the memoir was to walk himself to a point where he could figure out how he ended up where he was, right? But then he doesn't really tell us where he ENDED UP. He sort of just left the reader (or at least ME) feeling lost and confused like John Travolta in that Pulp Fiction gif.
It also doesn't help that the last few memoirs I've read were some of my favorite books of the last decade... So I went into this one with a relatively high bar. And while it didn't necessarily disappoint, it also didn't quite blow me away.
I love to be reminded that even people with vastly different stories can undergo the same beautiful, tragic, and bittersweet human experiences. There were moments in this book where it felt like Casey was describing an emotional episode that I've lived through but have never been able to put into the correct words to explain to someone else. When writers are able to do that, I almost immediately fall in love.
But despite enjoying the prose and the story, I was a bit disappointed by the ending. It felt unfinished or rushed, at best. I wanted to hear more about his self-discovery, self-acceptance, and overall transformation. The whole purpose of the memoir was to walk himself to a point where he could figure out how he ended up where he was, right? But then he doesn't really tell us where he ENDED UP. He sort of just left the reader (or at least ME) feeling lost and confused like John Travolta in that Pulp Fiction gif.
It also doesn't help that the last few memoirs I've read were some of my favorite books of the last decade... So I went into this one with a relatively high bar. And while it didn't necessarily disappoint, it also didn't quite blow me away.