Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
- Elaine
- Aug 19, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 3, 2019
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
There's nothing much to say other than that this was the most beautifully written books I have ever read in my life. Terese's writing style is the epitome of all poetic forms of narrative, and it puts all the authors who've attempted it in the books I've read to shame. It flows so well that it reads fantastically. So poignant, these little poems add to the rawness of this memoir, and I love it.
That said, there are more moments than I would have liked that required me to take several steps back to read the sentences again. Terese's writing is so deep in meaning that just reading her words once is not enough. But it didn't mean that I didn't enjoy it. I did, even if I could barely understand it most of the time, because even though the memoir was written with such complexity, the gist of it is still there for all; the narrative writing form is not entirely missing. And to be able to write about emotions and hardship with such honesty is, in my opinion, very courageous. It is no wonder this was one of the books read by Our Shared Shelf, a feminist book club created by Emma Watson herself.
I can foresee myself reading this again. I'd love to try breaking apart Terese's words once more.
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