Don T Kill The Birthday Girl

Before this summer, I didn’t know such things as memoirs ever existed. As a bias fiction-lover, I do admit that I was alreading judging this kind of genre by the description. However, what I realized was that how interesting a book is, all depends on the reader and the writer. If a reader is forced to read then the book won’t be as good because the reader has the mental state of unwilling to read the book. This could also happen when the reader wants to read the book but eventually loses interest due to the poor quality of the writer’s writing. And to be honest both of these have happened when I read my memoir. Spending my summer reading a memoir and do a book project for my english class wasn’t the perfect summer that I imagined. Now, I bet …show more content…
It could be your strongest sword or the cure to anything. As a unwilling reader I spent my summer reading my memoir, Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl, and I became frustrated with myself and the book. It was like running a marathon trying to word by word understand the plot of the book. The beginning was way to slow when the author mention all of the scientific fact about chemical reactions and enzymes. Finally, I had enough, so I went on vacation and I made sure that the book stays safely in my room and not in my suitcase. When I picked up the book after I came back, I had a whole new point of view. The author’s style of writing stayed the same but I did enjoy the book a lot more with a more positive attitude. I was able to be in the shoes of the author and see all the significance of her life. There wasn’t a huge impact on me after reading this, but I was able to develop a bigger understanding of literature and the people around me. I learned that memoir is by far my favorite non-fiction genre because it doesn’t brag as much on accomplishment in life and the writing style isn’t like a history