Camden S. (xserafinx) reviewed Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman on + 78 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
The book didn't grab me in the beginning... but, I'm glad I persevered. It is an amazing account of "any woman's" life! I am so glad I didn't give up on it! Definitely worth the read!
Catherine S. (cathienova) reviewed Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a deeply affecting yet not always coherent inner story. O'Faolain has a strong point to make about loneliness and the modern woman.
Rita K. (bklyn) - reviewed Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman on + 129 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
We read another of her books - My Dream of You - in our book club. That led me to buy and try to read this earlier book - Are You Somebody? - by this author. I lost patience with this one, and gave up after about 40 pages. Other readers obviously didn't agree with me as this book was a NY Times Best Seller.
Suzanne K. (suezeeque) reviewed Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman on + 3 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Some small parts of the book were interesting, but overall really boring. Too much introspection and dragging on and on about some things so that after a while you didn't care. I wish she had written more details about her childhood, describing the everyday life of poverty and dealing with the oppression of the Catholic schools and the church in general.
Kerry D. (owlandtwig) reviewed Are You Somebody: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman on + 30 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I found this book to be really boring. I initially really enjoyed the first few pages, but the author jumped around so much, I found the book confusing. She would start talking about something from her past, switch to some other point in time, and than jump back. It was only a little over 200 pages, but felt like it was 800 pages. By the end of this memoir I found the author downright irritating in her lack of self-esteem. I wanted to yell at her to get a hobby & stop whining. I realize she has been through some very very hard times in a dysfunctional family, and there are moments of clarity where I found the writing style quite fluid and beautiful. However, this book couldn't end soon enough for me.