#i am such a fan of memoirs atp it's hard to say how many i've read/own

[lobotomydaughter]

i finished it. i'll need 2-3 business days to like. recover.

but it was. definitely a favorite!! there's just things about her writing style that just suit the narrative so well, and she has such a way with words, and her story is also just so? idk the word for it but it's such a memoir (compliment). truly one of the best books i've read and thank you very much for recommending it <333

AHHH i'm so glad that you loved it. in the dream house has been my favorite memoir for a while now, and i don't see that changing anytime soon.

carmen has such an evocative and mesmerizing writing style that just sucks you right in. and the comparisons & explanations she gives often feel so? backwards, almost, in the sense that you would have never thought to word it like that, but it always makes perfect sense in the end. it's incredibly unique to her. i just finished another work by her the other day, her body and other parties [a collection of short stories], and even though it wasn't told in the same perspective as her memoir, it was still undeniably written by her.

she's one of those authors where you can just tell when it's her name on the cover.

i'm looking forward to any future work carmen puts out. i could read ten more books by her and still not be satisfied.

but again!! i truly am so happy that you enjoyed it!! i was having so much fun reading your posts about it as you read.