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Kinderwunsch/childfree/childless
Dieses Buch ist eine fantastische Lektüre, wenn man sich mit dem Thema Kinderwunsch, oder auch eben Ausbleiben dieses, beschäftigen möchte. Es zeigt, wie unterschiedlich Leben insb. in den 30ern verlaufen können und wie unterschiedlich Lebensentwürfe aussehen können. Ich habe das Buch sehr genossen!
Dieses Buch spricht mir aus der Seele. Als kinderlose Mittdreißigerin sehe ich mich in Olive und Isla vertreten auf eine Art, wie ich sie so bisher noch nie gelesen habe. Es beschreibt ein mir bekanntes Gefühlschaos auf so vielen Ebenen. Das Buch empfehle ich allen Frauen, egal wie alt, egal an welchem Scheideweg sie sich gerade befinden. Das Buch ist ein wahrer Schatz.
Wow, what a surprise! I decided to read (or, listen to) this after someone on Instagram absolutely raved about "Olive", even though I'm usually not reading about those topics. "Those topics" are e. g. being childless--or, as you learn during the novel--childFREE. Sounds a lot more liberating, right? It's not like something you had is being taken away from you, but you're maling the conscious choice not to conceive. Olive is childfree, as well, something that doesn't resonate well with her best friends, who have started getting pregnant and raising their kids a while ago. They muse Olive "just isn't ready" oder "just hasn't met the right person to create life with". Ultimately, this view leads to massive arguments and feelings hurt. "Olive" is a realistic view on a woman trying to life in world full of happy families and child-bearing friends with nothing else to talk about but their kids and how happy they are with their life choices--and that everyone else needs to succumb to this ideas of happiness, as well. Olive is just getting along after a bad break-up (he wanted kids) and discovering how she's just as able and happy on her own. The ending was a bit disappointing though--it's against everything she was trying to accomplish during the book. So it's not a full five stars, but four--the ending really threw me off.
what a nice surprise <3 i love a struggling heroine, a finding-your-own-way-in-life story, i love reading about a writer and about different takes on how to handle (romantic) relationships, family, and expectations from society. only picked this up because i saw comparisons to dolly alderton's 'ghosts', which i adored, and it was similar in its overall vibes, but the story and characters are quite different. the premise sounds so simple and basic: olive doesn't want kids, all her friends do, no one gets her. in the book though, it was all handled with such nuance, humor and heart, that it hurt to read, and was a joy at the same time! olive was a fascinating character, some parts of this book felt quite a bit louder than real life, but that's part of this book's charm for me. i have no idea what i like to read right now. but 'olive' was a warm hug. olive pulled me into her story and i didn't want to get out. right book at the right time, etc.
*Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced audio copy for review* Olive by Emma Gannon was a great book. It’s told from Olive’s perspective and she’s a 30 something who doesn’t want to have kids. She’s just broken up with her boyfriend and feels like she can’t tell her close friends. Her inner circle are each married and either started families or trying to. I appreciated that the author peeked into the lives of varying degrees of motherhood and their ups and downs. It wasn’t in depth, but it wasn’t just purely focused on anti-baby either.
Description
Book Information
Posts
Kinderwunsch/childfree/childless
Dieses Buch ist eine fantastische Lektüre, wenn man sich mit dem Thema Kinderwunsch, oder auch eben Ausbleiben dieses, beschäftigen möchte. Es zeigt, wie unterschiedlich Leben insb. in den 30ern verlaufen können und wie unterschiedlich Lebensentwürfe aussehen können. Ich habe das Buch sehr genossen!
Dieses Buch spricht mir aus der Seele. Als kinderlose Mittdreißigerin sehe ich mich in Olive und Isla vertreten auf eine Art, wie ich sie so bisher noch nie gelesen habe. Es beschreibt ein mir bekanntes Gefühlschaos auf so vielen Ebenen. Das Buch empfehle ich allen Frauen, egal wie alt, egal an welchem Scheideweg sie sich gerade befinden. Das Buch ist ein wahrer Schatz.
Wow, what a surprise! I decided to read (or, listen to) this after someone on Instagram absolutely raved about "Olive", even though I'm usually not reading about those topics. "Those topics" are e. g. being childless--or, as you learn during the novel--childFREE. Sounds a lot more liberating, right? It's not like something you had is being taken away from you, but you're maling the conscious choice not to conceive. Olive is childfree, as well, something that doesn't resonate well with her best friends, who have started getting pregnant and raising their kids a while ago. They muse Olive "just isn't ready" oder "just hasn't met the right person to create life with". Ultimately, this view leads to massive arguments and feelings hurt. "Olive" is a realistic view on a woman trying to life in world full of happy families and child-bearing friends with nothing else to talk about but their kids and how happy they are with their life choices--and that everyone else needs to succumb to this ideas of happiness, as well. Olive is just getting along after a bad break-up (he wanted kids) and discovering how she's just as able and happy on her own. The ending was a bit disappointing though--it's against everything she was trying to accomplish during the book. So it's not a full five stars, but four--the ending really threw me off.
what a nice surprise <3 i love a struggling heroine, a finding-your-own-way-in-life story, i love reading about a writer and about different takes on how to handle (romantic) relationships, family, and expectations from society. only picked this up because i saw comparisons to dolly alderton's 'ghosts', which i adored, and it was similar in its overall vibes, but the story and characters are quite different. the premise sounds so simple and basic: olive doesn't want kids, all her friends do, no one gets her. in the book though, it was all handled with such nuance, humor and heart, that it hurt to read, and was a joy at the same time! olive was a fascinating character, some parts of this book felt quite a bit louder than real life, but that's part of this book's charm for me. i have no idea what i like to read right now. but 'olive' was a warm hug. olive pulled me into her story and i didn't want to get out. right book at the right time, etc.
*Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced audio copy for review* Olive by Emma Gannon was a great book. It’s told from Olive’s perspective and she’s a 30 something who doesn’t want to have kids. She’s just broken up with her boyfriend and feels like she can’t tell her close friends. Her inner circle are each married and either started families or trying to. I appreciated that the author peeked into the lives of varying degrees of motherhood and their ups and downs. It wasn’t in depth, but it wasn’t just purely focused on anti-baby either.