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KatieV commented on kittygoons's review of The Yellow House

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  • The Yellow House
    kittygoons
    Jan 15, 2026
    3.5
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 4.5Characters: 4.0Plot:
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    I was definitely hoping this memoir was going to feel more personal. The concept of diving in and learning about 100 years within the author's family history was so interesting to me and yet I feel like this book was neither thing. Not fully a memoir where I learned a lot about the author personally, and not solely a look from root to branch of a family tree. Much of the book felt like a somewhat glossed over version of events, I think due to the fact that there is so much packed into this book, rather than just exploring a few themes. I wouldn't say I disliked this book, but it did take me much longer to read than I thought it would. I never felt sucked in like I usually do with memoirs.

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  • KatieV commented on KatieV's review of The Yellow House

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  • The Yellow House
    KatieV
    Feb 06, 2026
    DNF
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    I remembered that if I feel like I have to force myself to read a book, I can just…not read it.

    There’s nothing objectively bad about this book, it’s just not working for me. It started with a really strong narrative core, focusing on the place of the yellow house within New Orleans but in the middle, it feels like we have lost that central framing mechanism and the memoir is meandering. I think memoirs work best when they have a specific message they are trying to share and stories are selected to support that narrative arc. Ultimately I think this memoir suffers from being too long.

    DNF at 56%

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  • The Yellow House
    KatieV
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    I remembered that if I feel like I have to force myself to read a book, I can just…not read it.

    There’s nothing objectively bad about this book, it’s just not working for me. It started with a really strong narrative core, focusing on the place of the yellow house within New Orleans but in the middle, it feels like we have lost that central framing mechanism and the memoir is meandering. I think memoirs work best when they have a specific message they are trying to share and stories are selected to support that narrative arc. Ultimately I think this memoir suffers from being too long.

    DNF at 56%

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    Real weird as an audiobook so far...

    Also I thought this is a romance and it starts out with these two guys? So either it's REAL progressive for the time period or I'm missing something?

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