I loved it

Considering the internal monologue she she has with herself for the entirety of the book I found the ending to be quite unexpected. This is a love letter to her (no spoilers here)

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I loved it

I enjoyed listening to this book, it was so interesting to hear the views on Motherhood and women's life. The voice reading the book was very pleasant and expressive making it very enjoyable experience.

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I can’t believe one negative review made me wait so long to listen to this

I found this book hugely relatable and an honest exploration of ambivalence towards motherhood. I feel less alone.

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Raw honest and relatable

what a wonderful book, filled with every question that woman of this era face. I'm at the age where I'm seen as prime child bearing age, but I'm still not sure if that's something I should act on or want. Every question and thought she had I have also had. It was very comforting to know that there is another person on the same journey of asking whether they want to enter motherhood, and it's not just a question of when.

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I did enjoy some passages but overall it wasn't for me

although I can relate to the subject and I did feel like certain parts of the book were profound/well written/interesting, overall I just didn't particularly enjoy the experience of reading this book

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Not Interesting, reads like a hipster novel.

Self-involved, fretful, whining, and boring as hell. I was very much looking forward to this book but have thrown in the towel. Apologies to all who have enjoyed it, as many of my friends have.

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Don’t be fooled by the publisher blurb and accolades

Pay attention to the reviews instead. There’s a discrepancy between the two. The readers are right.

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What a winge

I don't know what I was hoping for with this. I'd vaguely heard about it through book chats and motherhood is something I talk about a lot with friends - to do it - not to do it - etc - and I think I was hoping for something useful, engaging and balanced.
Instead, I found myself longing for it to end because it is a hugely boring winge winge winge. Perhaps it shouldn't have been read by the author. Not all authors are also voice actors (in fact, quite few) but I think even if I had read this I would have just come away with a slightly depressive vision of someone who hasn't got a lot to say.

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Did not finish

This book reads like a guy from the 1940s wrote it. A cis white passing woman in a hetero relationship worrying she isn't a 'real enough woman' to have children, and going on and on about the value of women's lives being dependent on their children made my skin crawl. If anyone but her had written this, it would be seen as incredibly misogynistic. To me it still does feel that way. I really thought I would find comfort in this book as someone who is of the age to be thinking about having children and who is undecided, but I feel insulted by this absolute garbage. it feels incredibly backwards and navel gazing, self involved whining. So sad that this has received so much attention

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Could not finish

I rarely write bad reviews, but this book wound me up so much! I really could not finish it. I have heard that some of Sheila Heti's other work is very good, but I'm not sure she needed to share this endless, negative monologue with the world.

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