Sunday, June 11, 2017

The Rules Do Not Apply


Ariel Levy, 38 year old NYC writer, tells her story in this well written memoir about love, loss, hope and the search/desperation for happiness. I have mixed feelings about this memoir. PROS: She is a fantastic writer. I can see, feel and hear the words on the page. She has one of those childhoods that merits being written about and she has the tools to do so. She is lost, she is found, she is lost again. Like many women who find their way but believe they have followed the wrong directions. I enjoyed the read. CONS: I feel like I’ve read this before. The drugs, alcohol and bizarre behavior is exhausting. She makes bad choices. She is hurt and so she hurts other people, albeit unintentionally. She is a passionate writer. I am just not sure I need to peek into every single persons life. 👎

1 comment:

  1. Awh - sorry you didn't love this one. I heard her speak at the library in my town...she definitely made some terrible choices, but I felt like she owned them, which made it a bit more tolerable for me. And also - who hasn't made terrible choices in their lives at some point?

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