The Rogue Book Reviewer

You will note the missing numeric review. How can you review someone's experiences? I've reviewed Memoirs before but nothing like Brave . This book is 246 pages of cathartic verbal diarrhea for her. I don't mean that in a bad way, but you can clearly see the suffering, the frustration, the anger, the pain. There is literally no good experience that lasts more than a couple of paragraphs in the entire book. How she is still standing and functioning as a person is beyond me. It's a testament to the person she's shaped herself to be. So... #triggerwarning That being said, I feel like the book was very repetitive. The man shoves us down, girls stand up. I didn't matter because I was just a girl. She didn't matter because she was just a girl. I realize that this is legitimately how Hollywood operates. I realize that toxic masculinity is incredibly, brutally pervasive, but Rose's experiences go far beyond what most celebrities who achieve her level of fame mu...

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman 5/5 This is the first book I've been excited for its’ release in a while and it did not disappoint. This is the fictional biography of Franny and Jet Owens, the aunts from the 90s movie Practical Magic. I found Hoffman to be so very subtle in her story weaving. She put in just enough eccentric details to immerse you in the landscape of the story and completely overtake you by the life of the Owens witches. The characters are vibrant, stubborn, and completely real for the reader. I can picture each and every one of them in my head, and understand the personality associated with them. I enjoyed every moment of the book, but what I found most wonderful was the emotions that Hoffman is able to evoke in her readers. I had to work not to actually physically cry at death, and found myself laughing out loud several times, regardless of where I was in my actual life. The sense of passing time is very real, and I found it was easy to follow the girls thro...