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An Extraordinary Theory Of Objects: A Memoir Of An Outsider In Paris (2012)

by Stephanie LaCava(Favorite Author)

3.17 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061963895 (ISBN13: 9780061963896)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Harper

review 1: In ye days of olde before tumblr, Special Snowflakes collected quirky regalia, tragedy, and an inflated sense of ~uniqueness~. You'd think adult retrospect would fix this, but no, this particular adult is even more convinced of her teen precocity. You liked Bonjour Tristesse??? Lady Brett Ashley??? So acutely aware, so ~special. Three stars simply because the author and I share interests, not indicative of an objective appraisal.
review 2: I'm sorry to be so stingy with stars, but I'm using them literally. I did not like this book. I understand that others had the benefit of a "beautiful" production, but I read this on Kindle so the footnotes were supremely annoying and the pictures were fuzzy. I felt like this was in the vein of memoir where in capturing the v... moreoice of adolescent angst, the text becomes as annoying as we all were in adolescence. The book lacks reflection, save for a few sentences of off-hand apology to the parents. And the sideways references to mental illness would have been more effectively addressed head-on. less

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