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Nightbitch

Rachel Yoder

3.61 AVERAGE

franklybookish_meg's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

groovy_gardener_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

rissy_dawn's review against another edition

1.0

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.

oliviahee's review against another edition

4.0

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

kirtreads's review against another edition

4.25

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 think

her 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.

Content Warnings

whatnataliereads_'s review against another edition

5.0

Wow fucking wow. Ok I think I’ve found my favourite book of the year, if something tops this I’ll eat my words.

marlee_kay's review against another edition

3.0

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

spinesandstitches's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Yes

rosethewitchy's review against another edition

3.75

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

And interesting read. Honestly I feel.tge whole thing could have been shown in a true art exhibition. The "show" at the end toes all the themes together well enough. Not a long read, yet I feel it was to long. I did like the writing style and how it seemed to show the MC's stream of consciousness

megdavis3's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I am not sure what I expected this book to be; something about how difficult it is to go from a career mom to a stay at home mom? Ultimately, I think that it does capture that narrative but boy, it went places I did not expect. There was a sense of shock and discomfort at some points. The characters are only relatable as mother, husband and son. I think that the anonymity helped to related, or see yourself in the mother. She could be any of us. Overall I think that its a Rollercoaster ride of a Mother's journey to find herself again after being thrust into mother hood. Its raw and its hard. But you see the mother mentally and physically breakdown onl to transform into her most organic self.

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