52. It's Not What It Looks Like

It's Not What It Looks Like. Molly Burke. 2019.

 It's Not What It Looks Like: In fairness, I had probably already overdosed on the internet star memoir genre before I started this book, but this one definitely pushed me over the edge. Written and read by Molly Burke, the book was really superficial and in part absolutely irritating. Her narration style is, for lack of a better word, shrill. I really cannot believe that I wrote that, but there really is no other way to say it. I supposed if you had never met a blind person or read anything about being blind, you might find some of this marginally interesting or useful, but I found it incredibly shallow. Even the stories that should have elicited an emotional response from me just left something to be desired. She name drops, makes some homophobic comments, and has a way of storytelling that consistently left me rolling my eyes instead of drawing me in. Definitely skip this one.

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