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Ontevreden

Beatriz Serrano

4.01 AVERAGE

cycleshark's review against another edition

3.0

funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

elisabethvanderm's review against another edition

4.5

Lekker modern, lekker relevant. Hardop gelachen

rhilaur's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

noorlo's review against another edition

4.5

funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sproutedquinoa's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

"Discontent" by Beatriz Serrano stands in a league of it's own in the modern "woman hates office job" subgenre of literary fiction. It must be noted how aptly the title fits the book's content.

I love a female protagonist I don't know if I can trust and don't know if I like, though by the end I adored Marisa (our main character), but books of this subject matter can often be boring, repetitive, and bleak without a proper payoff or emotional catharsis. "Discontent" suffers none of these flaws. It was hilarious, insightful, relatable (unfortunately), and bleak, with an emotional arc full of truth and beauty.

If this is a genre you're remotely interested in, I can't recommend this highly enough.

And though I hesitate to make the comparison when the ethos of this book is so diametrically opposite of what these women write, readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Halle Butler will enjoy "Discontent".