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Peach

Emma Glass

3.11 AVERAGE

sonia_panico's review against another edition

2.75

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

littlesophie's review against another edition

3.0

A really strange and disturbing debut about a violent rape and its aftermath. The novel's characters are actually peach-like, tree-like, the baby is made of sugar and the rapist is an absolutely revolting greasy sausage. The ending packs a real punch and the broken, visceral prose makes a detached reading impossible.
It was probably the most nauseating book I've ever read, I genuinely feel slightly sick now.

adoredwords's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

eminadiscobra's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ogurule's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

nisreen's review against another edition

3.0

This book is such a visceral experience that I need time and distance before being able to rate it or even figure how I feel about it.

rosbooklist's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

finedanddandy's review against another edition

2.5

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Peach is a gruesome novella that follows the narrator, Peach, through the day after a brutal sexual assault. It is written in a choppy, string of consciousness style. The descriptions of characters and their actions throughout this story are disgusting and frequently food based; the teacher is human custard, the assailant and oily sausage. At the beginning, I felt as though the shocking, visceral descriptions were indicative of Peach’s mental state after the assault, however, as the story progressed, it began to feel a bit gratuitous. This was a 2.5 for me, because while I feel it is important to tell the stories of sexual assault victims, the ending left me disappointed and saddened. I don’t think we necessarily need more stories about a victim being entirely consumed by their trauma, no matter how metaphorical they may or may not be.