by Lindy West
It seems like every woman I know has read this book, which automatically made me suspicious. (I still haven't forgiven my fellow females for The Bridges of Madison County.) I finally trundled forth on my own. I'm glad I did. It just took me a while to get there. I wasn't sure what I was headed int...
Wow. This was such a great book! I can see why it won on Goodreads last year. I wish I had heard of West before cause her writing speaks to me. Told in a semi-chronological way, West's "Shrill" goes into her childhood through her adult years taking a hard look at herself and those around her for s...
4.5 stars A lot of the material in this really hit home for me. She talks about feminism and body image issues in a way that I completely get. I think she gets the point across in a positive and interesting way also. She isn't preachy or attacking. She's honest and humorous. She gives some importa...
Andrew and I came across this book at BookCon Chicago this year. We were both already weighed down with dozens of pounds of books, but Andrew insisted that it looked good (and thought he remembered good things being said about it) and we should pick up a copy. It’s really never hard to convince me t...
The first time I heard Lindy West, she made me laugh. The second time, she brought me to tears. And with this book, I fell in love. Articulate, insightful, intelligent, raw, profound, personal and hilarious, Shrill is a must-read. Actually, let me amend that. I feel like people will have one of th...
The tragedy of books like these is that the readers are basically the choir to which the author sings.
Published by: Quercus (19th May 2016) ISBN: 978-1784295523 Source: Real Readers Rating: 2* Description: Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn't always loud. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, terror-stricken teen who wanted nothing more than to be invisible. Fortunately for women e...
I am not someone who sits around and listens to an audiobook without doing something else at the same time. For me, the whole point of an audiobook is that I can enjoy a book while I'm doing something else. In my case, the "something else" is usually my training runs, though the other most likely ...
I received a copy of this book through Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.Before reading this book, I had no idea who Lindy West was. However, after reading it, I feel closer to her than I ever thought I could feel toward someone I have never met.West's book is part memoir, part call to acti...
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