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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really thought I was going to love this book but I ended up disappointed in the end. It was somewhat hard to keep up with the characters and timelines and even though all the stories connected and keep me interested enough, I. The end I felt like I had read a series of unfinished stories and was left disappointed.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
I am embarrassed and then not embarrassed to say I have read this twice but not on purpose.
I was lucky enough to read a proof 18 months ago but then I forgot. A few weeks ago I bought it as I liked the blurb and the cover. Ninety pages in and the teeth part I think to myself...I know this book. Decided to finish it (again). It was ok mainly because of the ending.
I was lucky enough to read a proof 18 months ago but then I forgot. A few weeks ago I bought it as I liked the blurb and the cover. Ninety pages in and the teeth part I think to myself...I know this book. Decided to finish it (again). It was ok mainly because of the ending.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Taking place in the late 90s, Nothing Can Hurt You is told through the perspective of twelve characters, all in some way impacted by the murder of Sara Morgan, a nineteen year old art student who is killed at the hands of her boyfriend, Blake. From the woman that found her, to the half-sister she left behind, Nothing Can Hurt You dives into the discourse of violence against women and the chillingly obscure way in which it easily manages to nestle itself into our society.
Sold as a literary thriller, this book reached so much deeper than the parameters of what you might expect from a thriller. It was a chilling, dark book that captures the realities of the narrative around female victims, whether of sexual assault or more sinister crimes.
Reading this today, it felt suffocating after reading Chanel Miller’s memoir, Know My Name a few months ago, followed by the harrowing, highly publicised murder of Sarah Everard earlier this year. For a book that already felt so sharp and exact already, this brings to life the ghosts that haunt our society and the way we handle violence against women. The way it is reduced to meaningless details about the victim and how she held herself, rather than the inhuman actions of the perpetrator.
The injustice, the sense of ownership men have in their attitudes and their actions to take what is their’s in unkind, rough hands and how it is validated by a broken society. This is evident, too, in how Nothing Can Hurt Me explores the romanticisation and fascination we have in these barbaric individuals with the inclusion of a young girl Sara’s character babysat, Jessica, sending letters to serial killer John Logan who was jailed just before Blake slit his girlfriends throat during a psychotic episode.
Nothing Can Hurt You brings to the surface the ingrained flaws in how we handle violence against women, and how tragically normalised it is in this cutting and engaging read.
Sold as a literary thriller, this book reached so much deeper than the parameters of what you might expect from a thriller. It was a chilling, dark book that captures the realities of the narrative around female victims, whether of sexual assault or more sinister crimes.
Reading this today, it felt suffocating after reading Chanel Miller’s memoir, Know My Name a few months ago, followed by the harrowing, highly publicised murder of Sarah Everard earlier this year. For a book that already felt so sharp and exact already, this brings to life the ghosts that haunt our society and the way we handle violence against women. The way it is reduced to meaningless details about the victim and how she held herself, rather than the inhuman actions of the perpetrator.
The injustice, the sense of ownership men have in their attitudes and their actions to take what is their’s in unkind, rough hands and how it is validated by a broken society. This is evident, too, in how Nothing Can Hurt Me explores the romanticisation and fascination we have in these barbaric individuals with the inclusion of a young girl Sara’s character babysat, Jessica, sending letters to serial killer John Logan who was jailed just before Blake slit his girlfriends throat during a psychotic episode.
Nothing Can Hurt You brings to the surface the ingrained flaws in how we handle violence against women, and how tragically normalised it is in this cutting and engaging read.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
it was an easy read but im so confused by the end. i don’t really know if it was even a storyline!