You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
dark
funny
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
18
A book about a women who gave up her dream job to be a sth mom with a mediocre husband
Why? Gross
A book about a women who gave up her dream job to be a sth mom with a mediocre husband
Why? Gross
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
feminist horror done right. so weird and haunting in a silly way
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Enjoyed it the entire read, but Rachel!!! That ending was so disappointing, it goes against the entire mood of the novel; I really appreciated the feminist messages and how much social expectation can alienate women but the ending ruined it for me. The writing is really good, different and I liked it.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook! I'm still uncertain whether the descent into dog-ness is meant to be metaphorical. The ending lost me. Parts are incredibly graphic and grotesque. Nonetheless, the glimpse into mental health and motherhood is spot-on throughout and quite refreshing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Gore
While it's well written, it's an insufferable account of a woman who is trying to justify and elevate her decision to become a mother, while feeling enormously resentful of that decision, and also needing to feel superior to other women, blithely demonstrated in her utter disdain for single women, working mommies, and other stay-at-home mommies (her phrasing). No mention of married, but child free by choice women.
Despite all her deep thinking and self reflection, at no point does she examine the internalized misogyny that she has toward other women. She so easily disdains other women while never exploring her own susceptibility to the idealized and unrealistic messaging about modern motherhood.
I was also disappointed that she never self-reflects on her decision to even have a kid, what motivated her to have a kid; nor does she examine the fact that she didn't have to have a kid and sacrifice the life that she wanted.
And while I agree with many of the points made about female rage, motherhood, and infuriating patriarchal societal norms, the main character's self-superiority is really grating, demoralizing, and minimizes the points she is trying to make.
At the end, she has twisted herself into knots to make her decision--a very normal and common decision--into something special and superior to other women who have made the same choice. She had to turn her decision to become a mother into something artistic and weird and edgy, something that makes a statement, and is inevitably praised for it. The end read a lot like wish fulfillment.
Despite all her deep thinking and self reflection, at no point does she examine the internalized misogyny that she has toward other women. She so easily disdains other women while never exploring her own susceptibility to the idealized and unrealistic messaging about modern motherhood.
I was also disappointed that she never self-reflects on her decision to even have a kid, what motivated her to have a kid; nor does she examine the fact that she didn't have to have a kid and sacrifice the life that she wanted.
And while I agree with many of the points made about female rage, motherhood, and infuriating patriarchal societal norms, the main character's self-superiority is really grating, demoralizing, and minimizes the points she is trying to make.
At the end, she has twisted herself into knots to make her decision--a very normal and common decision--into something special and superior to other women who have made the same choice. She had to turn her decision to become a mother into something artistic and weird and edgy, something that makes a statement, and is inevitably praised for it. The end read a lot like wish fulfillment.