Review of The Memoir Man
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Review of The Memoir Man
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Memoir Man" by Frances Webb.]
Do you wonder what someone is doing in public? Does it make you curious about how people are feeling at the moment just as you are? Do a thousand questions overwhelm you as a drama unfolds along with you publicly? Then, The Memoir Man by Frances Webb has those answers for all your curiosities. It is a collection of short stories which describe the situations that happen in the social setting every day in each of our lives only if he or she cares to notice. The author had taken a very keen interest in observing the minuscule things and pondered over them a minute more to understand and feed a curious mind sometimes which happens to be exactly what we need at that moment. The author had written the story in the first person point of view and made the reader curious about who is the actual protagonist of the story. As you flip through the pages, sometimes you find it to be a male and sometimes it is narrated from a female's perspective. Sometimes you will be a part of the story and sometimes you happen to be an observer standing away and observing it as it unfolds in front of your eyes.
I could relate to the author in a few stories as I had imagined myself in such situations before. I am interested to know certain things when I am out in the public and wonder about a person, who I watch taking a bus or drinking a cup of tea near the bus stop or how much a florist makes with all those flowers or does anyone buy items from a small shop across the street on my usual route to my work. Sometimes, it makes me inquisitive and sometimes I ignore all the same. One such story narrated by the author is about a lady in a train station sitting in her seat and someone puts a jacket beside her seat and does not tell her whether they are going to come back or not, to sit. Now a ton of questions arise such as what to do, should she tell her if someone comes over to sit or must ignore the person who did not say anything to her, like to hold on to her seat or something like that. It is common for a person to undergo these situations where you must acknowledge a person who does not say they need our help in a task or do we have to assume that they require our help and go on with it? It is all about these queries about a situation that is socially less interactable around a bunch of people. I like this short story and it makes the reader relatable to the author.
As far as the dislikes go for the book, I would not say I enjoyed all the stories. Some are very bright and keep the reader engaged with the story. Some stories come with dull narratives and are monotonous throughout.
With the above-mentioned points, I would be rating 2 out of 4 stars for The Memoir Man book. It is interesting to give it a go as one time read. I would like to recommend this book to those who like to have a light read and easy-to-understand writing style.
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The Memoir Man
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Do you wonder what someone is doing in public? Does it make you curious about how people are feeling at the moment just as you are? Do a thousand questions overwhelm you as a drama unfolds along with you publicly? Then, The Memoir Man by Frances Webb has those answers for all your curiosities. It is a collection of short stories which describe the situations that happen in the social setting every day in each of our lives only if he or she cares to notice. The author had taken a very keen interest in observing the minuscule things and pondered over them a minute more to understand and feed a curious mind sometimes which happens to be exactly what we need at that moment. The author had written the story in the first person point of view and made the reader curious about who is the actual protagonist of the story. As you flip through the pages, sometimes you find it to be a male and sometimes it is narrated from a female's perspective. Sometimes you will be a part of the story and sometimes you happen to be an observer standing away and observing it as it unfolds in front of your eyes.
I could relate to the author in a few stories as I had imagined myself in such situations before. I am interested to know certain things when I am out in the public and wonder about a person, who I watch taking a bus or drinking a cup of tea near the bus stop or how much a florist makes with all those flowers or does anyone buy items from a small shop across the street on my usual route to my work. Sometimes, it makes me inquisitive and sometimes I ignore all the same. One such story narrated by the author is about a lady in a train station sitting in her seat and someone puts a jacket beside her seat and does not tell her whether they are going to come back or not, to sit. Now a ton of questions arise such as what to do, should she tell her if someone comes over to sit or must ignore the person who did not say anything to her, like to hold on to her seat or something like that. It is common for a person to undergo these situations where you must acknowledge a person who does not say they need our help in a task or do we have to assume that they require our help and go on with it? It is all about these queries about a situation that is socially less interactable around a bunch of people. I like this short story and it makes the reader relatable to the author.
As far as the dislikes go for the book, I would not say I enjoyed all the stories. Some are very bright and keep the reader engaged with the story. Some stories come with dull narratives and are monotonous throughout.
With the above-mentioned points, I would be rating 2 out of 4 stars for The Memoir Man book. It is interesting to give it a go as one time read. I would like to recommend this book to those who like to have a light read and easy-to-understand writing style.
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The Memoir Man
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
Latest Review: The Memoir Man by Frances Webb
