The title essay is by far the best one. In it I think the author was a bit more honest, left a lot of the pop culture overuse behind and gave an interesting folklore a modern day lense. While there are a few moments of this in the series, I think this was the most successful. I got through it from being stubborn and thinking surely this will get better, she WILL have a revelation and it just never came.

Also a pet peeve of memoir occurred and that lost a star instantly. I hate it when they set the scene, give you just enough and then judge the reader for wanting the details? The author chooses the narrative and could have chose to not include any of it. But, they did. You’ve got questions. Now you are naughty for even thinking about asking!

Author states they are a narcissist a few times and I don’t think it was in a flippant manner.