Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.33 AVERAGE
4.33 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
This is a poetry/prose combo that really reads like a lyrical thriller. It's paced quickly and takes the form of a narrative that intertwines the past with the more recent past and the present. The narration moves between the perspective of the author and the perspective of the murdered Jane. It's just beautiful. I loved it and will probably re-read it over and over and over again (like the rest of Maggie Nelson's writing). I just want to live in Nelson's delicious phrases for-e-ver.
I definitely recommend reading the Red Parts in tandem with this or prior or even after - just read them both! I think they inform each other and complement each other, they also show how haunted Maggie Nelson is by this family tragedy.
I definitely recommend reading the Red Parts in tandem with this or prior or even after - just read them both! I think they inform each other and complement each other, they also show how haunted Maggie Nelson is by this family tragedy.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Murder
dark
reflective
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
oh my god,, this !!! book !!! while reading, i could almost feel it seeping into my skull. it is going to be festering there for quite awhile.
maggie nelson does it again ! no one is surprised
maggie nelson does it again ! no one is surprised