The goodreads synopsis is as follows:
Waking Sleep Beauty
Freak is about waking up and realizing you are on the wrong life path and
married to the wrong person. Now what? It is a non-fiction inspirational tale
about disillusionment, self-discovery and the universal web of pain and growth.
Its “Girls-grown-up” style narrative addresses what happens when an ambitious,
hard-working, world traveling girl-verging-on-woman wakes up from a seven-year
relationship to realize she is on the wrong life path and married to the wrong
person. The subsequent unraveling and reweaving is crafted and delivered in a
clever conversational tone, sharing ‘just enough’ – in a fun, poetic, modern
philosophical way – to hold attention while simultaneously allowing the
reader’s mind to wander down its own self-reflective path. While hilarious and
bawdy at times, it digs deep and across multiple continents to provide a unique
inspirational window into a journey through divorce – parental and her own –
and disease (diabetes). This is an ideal summer beach read, especially for
women between the ages of 25 and 45 who have lived in New York and/or
experienced any of the above. If candid, witty, seemingly gorgeous, ambitious
and fun on the surface – she’s imperfect. She’s real. Raw. Rough. A little
dirty. Growing. And wanting the reader to grow alongside her...
Another DNF. This was
another netgalley read, which comes with the fact that you might get a
pre-edited version. I hope this is what it was. Or I hope (well not really because it means I
have to get it fixed) that my ipad formatting was off on the kindle. I had hopes for this book. The cover art drew
me in to begin with, the title of the book is intriging and then I am always fond of the write-as-you-speak books.
I guess it does say that the writing style is intended to
let the readers mind wander, mine wandered way to much. I can see where Nina Lora was going with it,
I really do. I just felt that it jumped around way too much. There were way too
many nicknames that I couldn’t follow who was who and why they warranted a past
memory.
I didn’t finish this book because I found myself skimming it
rather than actually ingesting the words and I figured there are many other
books that might grab my attention more.
Unfortunately I cannot recommend this to people. Maybe I
just wasn’t at the right point in my life, as while I am in the right age
bracket, I am happily married and not living in New York.
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