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challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I’ll admit i didn’t research what this book was, so that’s on me and maybe I’m not “intellectual” enough to really “get it” but it’s straight trauma porn. I like hard book and I enjoy a realistic ending but to create something so vile and devoid of hope with the overall point being men and masculinity have been and continue to be fatal to women, I’m just not sure the book made any argument beginning to end. I know I’m sensitive and imaginative but some chapters made me literally gag - and again for what? To continuously hone in the point that men frequently treat women with extreme cruelty? Just like beating a dead horse although if given the chance I’m sure the author would relish writing about a man beating a dead women, in fact she writes several about men beating women dead.
I will say - well written, and some storylines I found fascinating, they were just cut with incessant cruelty to the degree I will not be able to think of this book fondly
I will say - well written, and some storylines I found fascinating, they were just cut with incessant cruelty to the degree I will not be able to think of this book fondly
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Infertility, Sexual violence, Murder, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Body horror, Bullying, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Rape, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Violence
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