This book got so much press and attention. It is very beautiful and if you read it, you should go into it with a “I’m reading poetry” mindset. It is completely nonlinear and rambling, and there mostly aren’t any connection points between paragraphs or even sentences. The author frequently switches between naming the abusive people in her life to saying “you” and as this is totally nonlinear, it is hard to keep track of what she is talking about (besides the main subject: abuse). Mostly I found myself just listening to the beauty of the turns of phrases instead of trying to understand.

The sad thing about reading this now instead of when it came out a year or so ago is that Sherman Alexie wrote the introduction and is referenced multiple times in the book; he is obviously a big mentor for the author. But a couple months ago he publicly apologized for sexual harassment in relation to multiple people.... which is what this book is about?? I wonder if he would still be asked to write the intro today.