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beefmaster's review
4.0
Some superb scenes of conventional fiction open the novel, wonderfully observed bits of vice and perversion. But there's a stylistic turn and it becomes looser, more maddening and mad. Some incredible insights, peppered with the odd bit that doesn't quite ring right, but these bits are the minority. An impressive feat on the whole.
cybrgloss's review
5.0
A dark glittering spiral, waxy youthful hands that tremble as they cut lines of cocaine, desperation of finding a fix from your dealer just as deep as your desperation to do something, anything, to feel human intimacy. This paints a hazy portrait of lost adolescents growing into their messiest selves in Los Angeles, and as one such former teenage girl growing up in LA, I found this to be striking, real. Like looking into a mirror that only reflects your worst angles, replaying the pseudo-blackout memories you wish you could fully forget.
The harrowing height of immature choices made by people whose brains aren’t fully developed, presented through stunning and poetic disjointed language. You know the choices you make are bad, you know they traumatize you somewhere past the numb of the pills, but you can only keep romanticizing them over and over or you’ll be left with more emptiness than you know what to do with.
The harrowing height of immature choices made by people whose brains aren’t fully developed, presented through stunning and poetic disjointed language. You know the choices you make are bad, you know they traumatize you somewhere past the numb of the pills, but you can only keep romanticizing them over and over or you’ll be left with more emptiness than you know what to do with.
vicdonalds02's review
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Murder
bookishbrat's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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