Her Last Death: A Memoir by Susanna Sonnenberg Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Her Last Death: A Memoir
Book Review: Oy, she lives on...
Summary: 4 Stars
"Daphne" was truly the mother-from-hell. Narcissistic/drug addled/maybe bi-polar, this woman really should have been erased from the gene pool years ago. Susanna's memoir is well written and, thank god, the author has recovered from her upbringing. Book Review: strange indeed
Summary: 2 Stars
I found this book to be just too much information. All I could think of the last half of the book was that this woman has sons. Not a book I'd want my sons to read about their mother. I found her to be full of self pity and she never made the characters real. Why was the mother as she was? What about her past? Was she a a compulsive liar or was some of the name dropping true? Very confusing. I love memoirs and was very disappointed in this one. Highly recommend Glass Castle.Book Review: hum......."
Summary: 3 Stars
I'll admit that I blew through this book, and found many passages very well written, but it hardly merited a glowing NYT review and subsequent high praise. That, I'm certain, had more to do with the author's lineage than the strength of her writing. Furthermore, the emphasis on sex was often disturbing. What was the point of including such salacious details? My guess: the author thought it was literature, art....not sure I agree. Overall, it was at times both a good read and a taxing one. . Book Review: Whoa is me and Whiner's memoir
Summary: 1 Stars
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I was excitded to read this book after reading some positive reviews liken it to a truly excellent memoir, The Glass Castle.
I found the authors tone both pitiful and annoying. The characters even the mother and daughter where both one dimensional and under developed.
You never got a sense of why anyone was acting the way they were and the author failed to make it clear whether the mother was a pathological liar or telling the truth and had a grand life.
I was very dissapointed in this book and what the author to pull herself together and stop sniveling.
Its also depressing that she only finally found happiness by being with a man.
I mean does she not see the irony?
Dont buy this but check out the glass castle if you want to read about a truly horribel childhood and a woman who manages to make it on her own anyhow.
Book Review: Don't Waste Your Time
Summary: 1 Stars
This book was published because of the authors last name and her connection to the literary world. The characters are underdeveloped and the writing is largely disjointed. We leap from the hustle and bustle of NYC to quickly meeting future husband and moving to Montana to have a Lesbian affair and pole vault into marraige with the guy after a literary retreat. Just too many hiccups. There are freqeunt gaps and what feels like years of missing information summed up by listing several daliances grocery style. I find the memoir more like an expose from a tabloid rag rather then a piece of literary excellence.