ieemee's Reviews (360)

I learnt so much about moshe but also the wider world. I know wanna go to temple and  tend burning man. This memoir definitely delivers for a Moshe Kasher fan like me. 

The book has beautiful descriptions of birds . It links the idea of birds with dinosaurs and ultimately the theme of extinction.
However the book has some very conservative capalist  points of view. The MMC struggles to acknowledge his own privilege and complains when D & I initiatives negatively impact him. The book is a slice of life tale with no real resolution. This is the first book I’ve read by this author but I am told her books normally deal with what’s earned in life vs what’s given & deserved and that her books normally tackle this theme in a more gritty way. 
I was clearly not the target audience for this book. Like the other reviewers said there maybe reader who would enjoy this book.
Content warnings regarding micro aggressions & homophobia 

Really great set up and the MC and FMC are really loveable.
However this book has three of my Icks that I didn’t know I had for romance books 

1. Blood tests 2. MFC & MC potentially half siblings 3. Dead animals- dead mother racoon

This book was so much more intense that I thought.
More True Crime than Agatha Christie Mystery. While the family is wealthy it doesn’t give you the same feeling / expose of privileged children in Pineapple street etc. Story is told from the perspective of the adopted son, who is an outsider to this privilege. Story is also much more psychotic than I thought it was gonna be.

The matriarch is far more toxic than expected. The fact that she hires the  MC’s wife to be his love interest.  But then they both fall in love with each other during the time spent pretending. The dark undertone runs deep in other ways like that the child retrieved from the woods might not be the actual Ruby.

Strong looks at the dark element of manipulation in such a wealthy family.

The memoir was engaging.

I think overall a good book. I am a long time fan of Natasha and she delivers on this book. However I didn’t like epilogue as it ended with the same old you don’t know love really unless your a mother. Disappointed since not everyone has the choice to be a mother and I think there are so many different experiences of love and women hood. 
Content warning:  for people who are childless by choice or circumstance. Unlike Natasha’s other work this unfortunately at the need has some toxic messages to those in the other-hood camp.