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mattyvreads's review
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This was a really interesting read.
It was giving POV relationship abuse, which was sometimes tough, and often (intentionally) uncomfortable.
The most successful element of the book was the visceral nature of the storytelling. Crimp makes the reader feel everything that is happening in the protagonist’s body, which evokes joy, pain, sadness, horror, unease, anxiety, excitement, delight, and more. It is a unique experience.
The book offers some subtle and other times obvious feminist messaging, but it never feels painfully on-the-nose. It is overt when it needs to be. It is straightforward and thought-provoking.
The most successful element of the book was the visceral nature of the storytelling. Crimp makes the reader feel everything that is happening in the protagonist’s body, which evokes joy, pain, sadness, horror, unease, anxiety, excitement, delight, and more. It is a unique experience.
The book offers some subtle and other times obvious feminist messaging, but it never feels painfully on-the-nose. It is overt when it needs to be. It is straightforward and thought-provoking.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault
leahb88's review
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book explored Anna’s relationship to art and her career as an opera singer, and her need for connection and belonging. She finds that in Max, a wealthy businessman who bathes her in the brightest sun and shades her in the darkest clouds. She contorts herself into a different version of a woman that each person expects her to be in order to navigate both desires and the classism she experiences in both. This felt like reading the thoughts and consciousness of the narrators mind. It felt very introspective and it really got me on the rollercoaster with Anna. I was so annoyed with her at times though, maybe that’s kind of the point of her whole character arc, growing as a person thing, but sometimes I just couldn’t get over my frustration with her. Overall though I was invested in my journey with her and I pulled lots of great quotes from this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Suicide attempt
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