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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
challenging
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
TW: mention of animal death
as someone who does not want children of their own - I’m strangely often drawn to stories about monstrous motherhood. I wanted to love this book but in the end for me it was good but not incredible.
I love a “what the fuck did I just read” kind of book, on which this definitely delivered. As an artist myself the writing of the scene where Nightbitch is at dinner with her art school friends is so visceral and painful and will definitely stay with me. But where this book kind of lost me (or at least needed a trigger warning) was the cat killing scene. Everything else about her transformation seemed to make sense up until that point where it just seemed so..unnecessary? the plot after that to me gets a little meh, but overall it was a strange read with great writing and metaphor use.
as someone who does not want children of their own - I’m strangely often drawn to stories about monstrous motherhood. I wanted to love this book but in the end for me it was good but not incredible.
I love a “what the fuck did I just read” kind of book, on which this definitely delivered. As an artist myself the writing of the scene where Nightbitch is at dinner with her art school friends is so visceral and painful and will definitely stay with me. But where this book kind of lost me (or at least needed a trigger warning) was the cat killing scene. Everything else about her transformation seemed to make sense up until that point where it just seemed so..unnecessary? the plot after that to me gets a little meh, but overall it was a strange read with great writing and metaphor use.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Removing speech marks AND not naming your main character? Grammar death penalty
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
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
Not sure what I expected but it was not that. Do not recommend, the whole thing was just strange.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was both exactly what I thought it would be, and not, all at the same time.
The book was a great look at the hardships and horrors of motherhood and how it transforms women. As someone who has not had children I still felt like I could connect with the narrative.
It got a little too ephemeral for me at the end. I thinkher reclaiming her identity as an artist, and as someone part of the collective, instead of an individual mother against the world was great, but it also disconnected the narrative a bit for me. I also felt like the husband was a weird cardboard cut out of a man that just was there? He never really moved the narrative along besides being someone she was funnelling her rage at.
Overall, the book was good but I don’t think it’s something I will be coming back to.
The book was a great look at the hardships and horrors of motherhood and how it transforms women. As someone who has not had children I still felt like I could connect with the narrative.
It got a little too ephemeral for me at the end. I think
Overall, the book was good but I don’t think it’s something I will be coming back to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Wow fucking wow. Ok I think I’ve found my favourite book of the year, if something tops this I’ll eat my words.