PositivePopMattersTo her credit, Goldbach shines little but love on the Cleveland steel industry. She knows it\'s the economic backbone to many lives, and because of this, it becomes the crux of this memoir as well. You have to zoom out of the story to understand the context Goldbach wants us to explore here. She\'s using her story to demonstrate some truths about the millennial generation in America ... We worry as she struggles through mental illness triggered by past traumas and the strange, unrelenting hours of the industrial worker. We see her fall, and we watch her build herself back up again. Fortunately we also get to laugh occasionally as she struggles with the nuances of the various factory jobs she trains for in the mill. Her ongoing battles with forklifts are especially hilarious. And even if the book is not really only about the steel mill, the mill is still the center, and the people within are the heart.
Chuck Palahniuk
PositivePopMattersWhat kind of book is this? It\'s a memoir with writing tips thrown in the mix, or vice versa ... The gist of Consider This is this: Palahniuk lived through some interesting experiences while he was working on his stories. In his fiction, he takes real life and stretches and twists it with his imaginings. Reading his memoir is as much disturbing fun as reading his stories. From a writer like this, who cares how much is real and how much imagined? Come for the writing tips and stay for the stories.
