sylly’s Reviews > Dear Juliette: Letters of May Sarton to Juliette Huxley > Status Update

Just put two and two together that Juliette’s husband, Julian, was the Julian Huxley that was very much so a proponent of eugenics and coined the term transhumanism. I loathe nearly every aspect of transhumanism (some of its biggest [current] proponents are tech billionaires, which says a lot about it). So booo Julian Huxley. I will definitely look at the book differently now.

Sidebar aside, I have finally (1/2)

Ok so I lied, I actually am not nearing the portion of time during which Juliette refuses communication with Sarton. While I still enjoy her writing and the way she attempts to verbalize how she feels (although she, like I, often highlights how inadequate words are), it gets a bit repetitive. I think it doesn’t help that we don’t get to see Juliette’s responses. Perhaps that was intentional, adding to the (1/).

I am roughly half way through the book and am enjoying it a great deal. I love reading how others materialize their love into words (despite my complicated relationship with the very thought of it), so I knew from the beginning I would most likely enjoy this collection of letters.

I think a large portion of my enjoyment for the book thusfar stems from the way I see parts of myself in Sarton. (1/ who knows)