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Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
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Jennifer Traig's childhood obsessive-compulsive religiosity makes for an entertaining read, but it's clear from the start that she doesn't think about (or present) it in a linear way.
About 2/3 of the way in, I started wondering, "Didn't she already mention this?" Closer to the end, I found myself wishing that she had employed a more ruthless editor, too -- because many of the details she chose to include about her high school years seemed not only redundant, but rather dull.
Still, I have a hankerin' for first person memoirs that this book satisfied, at least partially. And there's definitely a lot of good stuff in here about orthodox judaism and OCD, if you're into that sort of thing. Plus, SCRUPULOSITY is about the best diagnostic term I've ever heard.
I'd give this one a solid B.
About 2/3 of the way in, I started wondering, "Didn't she already mention this?" Closer to the end, I found myself wishing that she had employed a more ruthless editor, too -- because many of the details she chose to include about her high school years seemed not only redundant, but rather dull.
Still, I have a hankerin' for first person memoirs that this book satisfied, at least partially. And there's definitely a lot of good stuff in here about orthodox judaism and OCD, if you're into that sort of thing. Plus, SCRUPULOSITY is about the best diagnostic term I've ever heard.
I'd give this one a solid B.
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Reading Progress
April 11, 2008
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April 11, 2008
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audiobooks
Started Reading
April 22, 2008
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Finished Reading
June 14, 2016
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memoirs
June 14, 2016
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non-fiction
