The author is clearly very intelligent and her writing mechanics are solid. As an adult memoir, I give it 2 stars, thus my rating and review. Instead here I am, honestly questioning the legitimacy of the 4 and 5 star reviews. I loooooove "quit lit" and memoirs, especially by female writers! I truly wanted to love this. The bigger moments of the who, what, where, and when of her late teens and 20s were recapped without any real emotion. A lot of humble bragging and outright bragging (especially regarding her social circles), which honestly, would have been fine if the rest of the book weren't so surface level. The book completely lacked vulnerability and depth. It's as if she took a collection of her journal entries, shuffled the order, then scrubbed them clean to be PG-13. Maybe New Adult? But 25yo max for the target audience age range. This book is Young Adult and it's a collection of essays. As a fellow sober woman, I wanted to love this. In this intimate and darkly funny memoir, she stumbles through her twenties, explores the impact alcohol has on relationships and identity, and shows us how life’s messiest moments can end up being the most profound.Ī Macmillan Audio production from St. Sarah takes us by the hand through her personal journey with blackouts, dating, relationships, wellness culture, startups, social media, friendship, and self-discovery. It’s an examination of what our short-term choices about alcohol do to our long-term selves and how they challenge our ability to be vulnerable enough to discover what we really want in life.Ĭandid and dynamic, this book speaks to the all-consuming cycle of working hard, playing harder, and trying to look perfect while you’re at it. And only she could save herself.ĭrinking Games explores the role alcohol has in our formative years, and what it means to opt out of a culture completely enmeshed in drinking. But Sarah had a secret: her relationship with alcohol was becoming toxic. She was 28, living in New York City, working a great job, and socializing every weekend. On paper, Sarah Levy’s life was on track. Part memoir and part social critique, Drinking Games is about how one woman drank and lived-and how, for her, the last drink was just the beginning.
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