
Member Reviews

Short snippets into the lives of the author.
What makes her life (my life) interesting? That is essentially the question to ask when you are reading and writing your memoir.
In the author’s case it is the polyamorous aspect.
Sage’s prose is curious. I enjoyed it more when she was talking about topics other than her love life. Not that that is not worth writing about but I did not find much value (emotion or thought) in that aspect. The epilogue was very well written.

Memoir about a woman who is polyamorous and queer. There wasn't anything extraordinary about it, but it provided decent entertainment for an evening.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher.

I found this disappointingly bland as it supposedly navigates an open marriage. The writing is not a style that works for me: it's trying hard to be 'artsy' or lyrical but it just ends up sounding needlessly flowery as if it's being used to evade authenticity rather than articulate it.
Various encounters are described of threesomes and group sex, but there's no feeling here. None of this seems to impact on the marriage, no-one feels uncomfortable or jealous, there is, in effect, nothing to negotiate.
In the background real issues are raised: the lover who doesn't use a condom, the couple who ghost the narrator because clearly things aren't straightforward for them - but these issues aren't tackled. This whole book seems to float on the surface with nothing much to say. Disappointing.