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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
In Kristen A. Peters' Me In Every Other, a fictionalized Kristen Peters has become the person her university relies on whenever something must be fixed. When a last-minute accreditation file is placed on her desk late on a Friday, she expects a difficult weekend. Instead, that assignment becomes the start of something much larger as senior staff begin turning her work habits into the official model for the entire department. Each new policy carries her name in everything but credit, and every added duty pulls her further into a system built on her capacity to absorb more than anyone should. As faculty members begin buckling under standards created from her output, Kristen faces a choice between continuing to uphold the machine that bears her imprint and confronting what it is doing to everyone around her, including colleagues who once trusted the institution to support them and now find themselves measured against an impossible standard.
Kristen A. Peters’ Me In Every Other Way is a unique literary novel that leans deeply into really intense mental and emotional overload, fueled by Kristen being subjected to sustained institutional pressure. The author does a great job of balancing the heartbreaking moments of Kristen's decline with heartening flickers of calm. Kristen stands alone on the porch in early morning fog and the silence, in one of the few spaces that belongs only to her, versus a cognitive fatigue that leads to her forgetting words, finding everyday household sounds unbearable, and sitting in darkness for long periods. I found Shaun, Kristen’s partner, to be the most fascinating ancillary character, even when his gentle attentiveness starts to show the widening emotional distance in their relationship. The author really shines in her ability to write visual prose and breathe life into settings, from a humid coffee shop with its chipped terracotta tiles, to grocery store aisles and brief interactions over the almond milk. Overall, this is a penetrating novel and absolutely worth a read. Recommended.
