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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
tense
This was a haunting and heart wrenching read. I was invested in Frida’s journey, and appreciated the raw, difficult truths of motherhood, even if it was a bit heavy handed in its approach.
The dolls were creepy yet endearing—I wasn’t expecting that! I know they were supposed to be lifelike and resemble their mothers, but I could not stop picturing Emmanuelle as the demented doll from Toy Story 4 lol. But that’s my own fault, not the author’s.
The dolls were creepy yet endearing—I wasn’t expecting that! I know they were supposed to be lifelike and resemble their mothers, but I could not stop picturing Emmanuelle as the demented doll from Toy Story 4 lol. But that’s my own fault, not the author’s.
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely exhausting on purpose. Feels dystopian, but close enough to reality to be maddening. Well written in a way that makes you want to pull your hair out.
dark
sad
tense
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
sad
tense
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dude.
I guess I never realized that this was a sci fi novel until I was first logging it here and given the fact I was perhaps 40 pages in, I was confused. and then I found the sci fi. truly this reminds me of the heyday of black mirror, one of the more grounded episodes that just left your heart falling out of your asshole in the final few moments. That's what this book did to me!!
Frida as a protagonist is complicated. I think for a lot of the book, you're waiting for some secret detail about her very bad day to be revealed, something that will either condemn her entirely or absolve her of any wrongdoings. and the detail never comes. and it didn't need to.
the school itself is such a harrowing story to tell. putting these women who have wildly different offenses in a pseudo-school/prison is already so jarring, but hearing the nouveau parenting speak that keeps popping up with people who want to unschool their kids continually made my stomach churn. and the trouble is, I could see a program like this be proposed in the US.
I knocked a star off because I felt the whole thing with Tucker was just exhausting, but the final forty pages of the book just blew me away and left me in a broken pile on the ground.
I guess I never realized that this was a sci fi novel until I was first logging it here and given the fact I was perhaps 40 pages in, I was confused. and then I found the sci fi. truly this reminds me of the heyday of black mirror, one of the more grounded episodes that just left your heart falling out of your asshole in the final few moments. That's what this book did to me!!
Frida as a protagonist is complicated. I think for a lot of the book, you're waiting for some secret detail about her very bad day to be revealed, something that will either condemn her entirely or absolve her of any wrongdoings. and the detail never comes. and it didn't need to.
the school itself is such a harrowing story to tell. putting these women who have wildly different offenses in a pseudo-school/prison is already so jarring, but hearing the nouveau parenting speak that keeps popping up with people who want to unschool their kids continually made my stomach churn. and the trouble is, I could see a program like this be proposed in the US.
I knocked a star off because I felt the whole thing with Tucker was just exhausting, but the final forty pages of the book just blew me away and left me in a broken pile on the ground.