Reviews

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

emsbooks23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

baybooks's review against another edition

5.0

This book starts off with a no nonsense attitude and triggering content up front. The writing style is relatable and the use of imagery takes the reader on the chaotic events with the characters.
I enjoyed the humor and the supernatural elements in the story. The characters were well written and unique.

laviniacantread123's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kingsamong's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Blood

rlbeaton's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

caitlinsmith's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

megang519's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

3.25

cxffee_addxct's review against another edition

3.0

Motherthing was a surprising read. The flip back and forth between a more traditional prose and the more screenplay-esc writing style made the story interesting and broke up the plot in a good way, making some of the harder to digest pieces easier to take in. It did, however, make it hard to determine if everything that happened within the screenplay moments were real or not. I'm sure that was the intention, and it worked incredibly well - I had no idea what was real and what wasn't until everything was confirmed by the cannibalism jumpscare at the end.

The allusions to her being dead while she and her husband are...reconnecting...at the end really knocked the whole book down a star though. That was...hard to process, to say the least.

zairahdzl's review against another edition

4.0

C - c - c - crazyyyy!
Melissa Broder meets Ottessa Moshfegh

barelyalex's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beautiful and artfully horrific. A psychological horror with elements gore and dark humour. This book is drastically underrated on here, I think due to people having read this and being unsettled by it/not expecting the more grousome parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Infertility, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Rape, and Vomit