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pinesandpages 's review for:
Making a Scene
by Constance Wu
I know this is not a “memoir” and I read its “essays” according to the author, but even still I did not enjoy this. It just seems….superficial. Why is the essay about being a baker included? It was just a straight up description of her job, didn’t extrapolate broadly about how being a baker taught her to work hard/put in effort and you reap a reward/etc. The ending was literally just that she will always be grateful she learned how to make bread. No life lessons learned or morals, just some seemingly pointless reminiscing.
She also frequently talks about how big her emotions are but doesn’t go into depth about them AT ALL. The extent of her analysis is literally “I was happy” and “I was sad.”
This is a direct quote to sum it up: “I was so happy. It felt good to help my best friend.” Like…..ok, and????
She also frequently talks about how big her emotions are but doesn’t go into depth about them AT ALL. The extent of her analysis is literally “I was happy” and “I was sad.”
This is a direct quote to sum it up: “I was so happy. It felt good to help my best friend.” Like…..ok, and????
Two very good essays about her experience with sexual harassment. It felt like whiplash compared to the essays which were extremely shallow, but those two had a lot of depth and were good.
Summation: not everyone needs to write a book and that’s ok.