The title of the book WHATEVER does indeed tell a story that the author does not really care much of what you will think of her once you are done reading this book.
This is purely on the fact that what she penned down in this book does and will have different reactions from readers.
In this tell- it-all memoir simply titled ‘WHATEVER’, Saskia Bailey broke every codes there is in memoir writing, if there’s even such codes.
The 21 year-old Bailey in this well crafted memoir shares everything from her upbringing in Cape Town, her wealthy family background and her very colourful sexual life that will definitely shock many readers.
This book is very entertaining, educative and most importantly written in manner that will make one appreciate the author’s honesty.
Saskia successfully shared her 21 years of living in this book, without omitting anything about her.
From taking drugs, sleeping with older men and having sex 15 times a day and more …..
The beauty of this memoir is that it opens a window for readers to get to understand and see how privilege and rich children view the world.
After reading this book, many will also start questioning the kind of freedom which wealthy parents afford their children and Saskia’s parents and their way of parenting comes under the microscope.
‘I guess I like my parents because there’s a mutual respect. They treat me like an adult when I demand that of them, giving me the space to go off on my booty calls and whatnot.’
While Saskia doesn’t hide the fact that she is ‘trustafarain’, a trust fund baby, thanks to her wealthy family, given the fact that her grandfather was the founder of Drum Magazine.
However, just like other women in the country, she shares her fears in living in South Africa and also being a white person in country that is so racially divided.
While the book is indeed a proper memoir of the 21st century, one just wonders if one day Miss Bailey will look at this book and ask herself if it was necessary to share such explosive private information with the world or she will just push the ‘WHATEVER’ attitude?
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This book is one of the most entitled white girl pieces of trash white South Africa has to offer. The fact that Capetonians are lapping it up so much simply goes to show how much undeserved power this family possesses. To feel threatened by the thought of your own whiteness – as if it somehow debilitates her freedom in a country that is still so segregated – should have been enough of a red flag for everyone. The honesty about sex only displays how nonchalant her parents are about their child’s life and thus, enforces the type of privilege only white kids have when discussing sex in front of their parents. While sex stories are exciting and entertaining, this person uses them to degrade the characters of others by describing them so vividly that anybody who can stalk her Instagram can figure who she is talking about. She is a brat and this book should be taken off the shelves for it may spark interest in the wrong minds of other trust fund children who believe it is okay to flaunt wealth, white prosperity and the romanticise starving for vanity.