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3.11 AVERAGE
3.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
This is a very dense, very heavy read. Made my chest ache. Brilliant.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Rape, Blood
I have absolutely no idea what I have just read but I couldn’t put it down.
While Peach is dripping with gorgeous, staccato language, it's also very painful and heavy. I would recommend this book, especially to poets, but with a trigger warning for post-sexual assault content. This book makes you feel it all.
Vilket språk! Stark historia som stundom var lite förvirrande och slutet kräver reflektion.
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Full disclosure: this book is not for everyone. Huge trigger warnings for sexual assault, murder and cannibalism.
While it is not my place to tell people how to read and interpret a book, Peach is obviously a poetic, experimental novella that tackles very real issues with cleverly constructed imagery that does not shy away from the grotesque of the subject matter it intends to tackle. For that reason alone, I commend it.
This book was expertly crafted and beautifully written. Glass’s sharp prose and stylistic choices add so much depth to the story, every sentence felt like a caress and a punch, all at once. It is raw and confusing and unreal, it is visceral and unforgiving: all ways someone who has dealt with sexual assault might feel.
A few of my favourite quotes:
While it is not my place to tell people how to read and interpret a book, Peach is obviously a poetic, experimental novella that tackles very real issues with cleverly constructed imagery that does not shy away from the grotesque of the subject matter it intends to tackle. For that reason alone, I commend it.
This book was expertly crafted and beautifully written. Glass’s sharp prose and stylistic choices add so much depth to the story, every sentence felt like a caress and a punch, all at once. It is raw and confusing and unreal, it is visceral and unforgiving: all ways someone who has dealt with sexual assault might feel.
A few of my favourite quotes:
"Today I decay. I close my eyes to die."
"This solid crass mass stuck in my stomach should lift, should leave. But it festers, it offends."
"A pure sprinkling of white won't hide the hacked mangled mess of flesh. Won't hide my detest."
"As I push my fingers in, I feel a hard sharp shard. I run my fingers over it. There are cracks, there are crevices, rough ridges running deep. The shard is a stone, wedged inside me. A pit sitting snug in the pit of my stomach. It is stuck still to the edges where the flesh has fallen away. Soaking soft flesh. My flesh. My stone. My seed."
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated