I will be perfectly honest here, this was a difficult one for me, not out of rejection, but more misunderstanding. I began by reading the 2 poems contained in the introduction, and was well ready to get into the reading. But, perhaps I missed the memo on where I was supposed to begin, because going straight into the assigned chapter, body lands, I was confused. Terms and language were being thrown around that I had never seen before. I was expected to know these terms, and already be familiar with them. Over time I got to understand them via context but it felt like I woke up, halfway in the deep end of the pool with no idea of how I got there.
As it stands, the book, I hesitate to call it a book, is informative. The continued linkage of 2 subjects helped me to better understand the flow and message the words were trying to present. But it was only toward the second half of the chapter where I finally managed to get my bearings, when the more traditional writing style became more prominent. The interviews, life experiences, and retellings i could understand, and using those, began to piece together the meaning of the book.