I loved Maid but stopped reading Class after about 40 pages in. I couldn’t believe her behavior with the men and just leaving her daughter to act like that. Not trying to judge but she’s 35 acting like this and then wondering why things were bad? It was too frustrating to even continue to read. Great review!!!
I’m glad I wasn’t the only who felt that way! I was also trying to hold back judgment but yes she is older than I am and I can’t imagine that!! She is a very skilled writer so I hope she pursues some fiction endeavors as that was just hard to read.
@@kaylachristenson9664 that’s actually a great suggestion. I also love her writing style. But as a 27 year old with a 4 year old son, I really couldn’t fathom acting that way and it made me feel so confused and just sad! I think her turning to fiction would be great!
Same! I’ve got a 3 year old too and yeah there’s no way I’d act like that either and yeah tried not to be judgy but I think it would be different if she had her daughter at 16 or something (I would kind of u understand more). Yeah I’d really love to see her put her talent into a new genre but I’m not sure that’ll happen.
I loved Maid and really sympathized with Land. However, in Class, I feel like I got to know her better.. and I did not like what I learned. She is reckless and entitled. There was zero reason why she couldn’t get a better job and go to school part-time, prioritizing the financial-well being of her daughter. But instead, she prioritized partying, casual unprotected sex, and a writing degree. Don’t NOT get my started on her leaving her little daughter with any men as a babysitter. I am definitely judging, and I’m not sorry about it 😬 The one positive thing about the book is that she is indeed a great writer.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt a certain way about it, especially the stability for her daughter - that made me so nervous! The whole time I sort of felt like she was acting like she was a 20 year old with an unplanned pregnancy, then I remembered she was older than I am and I can’t imagine leaving my daughter to hook up with sketch guys. But it’s not my life and that’s what makes memoirs interesting at the end of the day! She’s a very gifted writer even if I don’t agree with her life decisions so I do hope she writes more cuz I’ll definitely read it.
How dare you judge her for all the hookup stuff Sorry but that pissed me off It's almost as if she's just gotten out of an abusive relationship and is trying to regulate its almost as if she's struggled with homeless and she'sstarving for any kind of affection It's almost as if she had a fucked up childhood and a problematic mother and nothing in the past book actually helps her deal with it in a permanent way She just found the way to keep her head above water for a while and remove herself out of the abusive situation but she didn't heal therapeutically or otherwise Maybe she's not a perfect human being Maybe she is going through something extremely terrible and is dealing with it enough possibly maladaptive way because she has no resources or lacks the avenues to cope in a healthier way Like she's not some perfect person who just happened to her being in an abusive relationship she looked perfect Survivor To be fair I haven't read the book yet I'm just listening to you with you and I don't know how terrible she was, she could have went ridiculously too far but based on what I'm hearing I completely understand why she would go partying and have a pregnancy scare edit I'm meeting in the comments that she left her child with random men... And yeah that's terrible Maybe she didn't learn enough lessons on the first book Or maybe they framed what she learned wrong because geez
I understand I’m being judgmental and I have 3 small children. I can’t imagine a world in which I leave them with people I don’t know very well to go engage in risky behavior. This is something that could be understandable if she were very young but she is older than I am in this memoir so I will definitely judge her as a parent. I do commend her for including the less flattering parts of her story and I do think she’s an incredible writer. I don’t have to agree with her decisions and it isn’t meant as anything more than that 🤷🏼♀️ I’m hoping she turns her talents towards something other than memoirs as I’d be so interested to read more from her.
I loved Maid but stopped reading Class after about 40 pages in. I couldn’t believe her behavior with the men and just leaving her daughter to act like that. Not trying to judge but she’s 35 acting like this and then wondering why things were bad? It was too frustrating to even continue to read. Great review!!!
I’m glad I wasn’t the only who felt that way! I was also trying to hold back judgment but yes she is older than I am and I can’t imagine that!! She is a very skilled writer so I hope she pursues some fiction endeavors as that was just hard to read.
@@kaylachristenson9664 that’s actually a great suggestion. I also love her writing style. But as a 27 year old with a 4 year old son, I really couldn’t fathom acting that way and it made me feel so confused and just sad! I think her turning to fiction would be great!
Same! I’ve got a 3 year old too and yeah there’s no way I’d act like that either and yeah tried not to be judgy but I think it would be different if she had her daughter at 16 or something (I would kind of u understand more). Yeah I’d really love to see her put her talent into a new genre but I’m not sure that’ll happen.
I loved Maid and really sympathized with Land. However, in Class, I feel like I got to know her better.. and I did not like what I learned. She is reckless and entitled. There was zero reason why she couldn’t get a better job and go to school part-time, prioritizing the financial-well being of her daughter. But instead, she prioritized partying, casual unprotected sex, and a writing degree. Don’t NOT get my started on her leaving her little daughter with any men as a babysitter. I am definitely judging, and I’m not sorry about it 😬 The one positive thing about the book is that she is indeed a great writer.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt a certain way about it, especially the stability for her daughter - that made me so nervous! The whole time I sort of felt like she was acting like she was a 20 year old with an unplanned pregnancy, then I remembered she was older than I am and I can’t imagine leaving my daughter to hook up with sketch guys.
But it’s not my life and that’s what makes memoirs interesting at the end of the day! She’s a very gifted writer even if I don’t agree with her life decisions so I do hope she writes more cuz I’ll definitely read it.
I'm almost 5 chapters in and I agree with your thoughts on her recklessness with men, especially after having a miscarriage. Great review!
Yes it made me so nervous reading that!! She is such a skilled writer though
Excellent review. I hope Stephanie Land writes a novel, too. Haven't read Class yet. Maid, and the Netflix series really moved me.
Yes! Loved the Netflix adaptation. I think her writing talents would be great with some fiction and I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.
How dare you judge her for all the hookup stuff
Sorry but that pissed me off
It's almost as if she's just gotten out of an abusive relationship and is trying to regulate
its almost as if she's struggled with homeless
and she'sstarving for any kind of affection
It's almost as if she had a fucked up childhood and a problematic mother and nothing in the past book actually helps her deal with it in a permanent way
She just found the way to keep her head above water for a while and remove herself out of the abusive situation
but she didn't heal therapeutically or otherwise
Maybe she's not a perfect human being
Maybe she is going through something extremely terrible and is dealing with it enough possibly maladaptive way because she has no resources or lacks the avenues to cope in a healthier way
Like she's not some perfect person who just happened to her being in an abusive relationship
she looked perfect Survivor
To be fair I haven't read the book yet I'm just listening to you with you and I don't know how terrible she was, she could have went ridiculously too far but based on what I'm hearing I completely understand why she would go partying and have a pregnancy scare
edit
I'm meeting in the comments that she left her child with random men...
And yeah that's terrible
Maybe she didn't learn enough lessons on the first book
Or maybe they framed what she learned wrong
because geez
I understand I’m being judgmental and I have 3 small children. I can’t imagine a world in which I leave them with people I don’t know very well to go engage in risky behavior. This is something that could be understandable if she were very young but she is older than I am in this memoir so I will definitely judge her as a parent.
I do commend her for including the less flattering parts of her story and I do think she’s an incredible writer. I don’t have to agree with her decisions and it isn’t meant as anything more than that 🤷🏼♀️
I’m hoping she turns her talents towards something other than memoirs as I’d be so interested to read more from her.