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Inventory: 5/5. This story genuinely terrified me, and I didn't previously think I could be scared of a horror story in the same way films sometimes scare me.
Mothers: 4/5. While it didn't grip me in the same way as Inventory, I still really liked this story, especially considering how short it was.
Especially Heinous: 100000000/5. I can't say anything in a review because all of it would be spoilers but it was SO GOOD and I stared at the wall for a good hour after reading it.
Real Women Have Bodies: 3.5/5, another one where the point felt a bit laboured and took away from the horror slightly, but the characters were interesting and the premise unique.
Eight Bites: 3/5. After so many incredible stories, this one was quite underwhelming, and I wasn't quite sure what the ending was saying. Most of this story read just like a magazine article about weight loss.
The Resident: 2/5, I didn't get along with this one, it felt like it was trying too hard and was too long.
Difficult at Parties: 5/5. The girls who get it get it.
Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical trauma, Dysphoria
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Rape
I love Carmen’s writing - she writes about the horror of existing as a woman like no other writer I’ve encountered
a lot of people hate the SVU story but I quite enjoyed it. favourites we’re ‘the husband stitch’, ‘real women have bodies’ and ‘inventory’
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual violence
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content
Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Rape, Violence
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Minor: Death, Violence, Murder
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual violence
on a more. serious note, i loved the way this book was written. although it's not really 'light' reading; i want to go back and analyse every single story down to the barest bones of its meaning because i do not felt like i understood it enough the first time around to do machado's writing justice
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual violence