Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir by Diana Athill
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Book Reviews of Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir
Book Review: This is NOT a memoir
Summary: 1 Stars
Perhaps those Brits have a different idea of what a memoir is. This book, to me, is a collection of essays. It has no story, no narrative arc (or at least not one that appeared in the first half of the book, which is when I gave up on reading it). I wish the book had been billed as an essay collection, as it then wouldn't have set my expectations for a *story*.Book Review: What a bore
Summary: 1 Stars
And waste of time. I cannot believe the great reviews this book got in the press. I kept reading to the end to try to learn why only to be disgusted at having wasted my time.
Want more detail? "Ditto" the other one star review.