A review by jeimy
Mrs. S by K. Patrick

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

 
turns out this is one of those books that you either love or hate—and i loved it. 
 
rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 
 
📝 (spoiler-free) review: 
i’ll preface this review by saying that i’m one of those readers who likes to read well written books and really pretty prose. if you’re that kind of reader too, then hopefully you’ll like mrs. s! 
 
i was entirely captivated by how the dialogue had no quotation marks, because it forced me to take my time and really get to know each character’s voice. the boarding school setting also set the stage for all the surpressed yearning and tension that just broils over throughout the book, and has some of the most astute observations on heteronormative femininity i’ve ever read. 
 
🔖 read this if you like: 
  • saphic crushes and slow burns
  • dark academia 
  • prose poems
 
💭 my fave quotes:
 
“She whispers something I can’t catch. I should whisper too, ask her to repeat what she said. I can’t. I will spend a lifetime wondering.”
 
“
She misses the point… Her heterosexuality public-facing. It’s cosy violence. Who does she want to be? If I ask her that, she might fall apart. If I ask her that, I must be willing to live through the answer.
” 
 
“She thinks language is easy. I allowed myself to think the same, didn’t it seem a nicer way to live, to believe her language, the way she possesses it. When she is not around, I invent her. When she is around, I invent her."
 
can’t you just tell that the author is a poet? 🥹
 
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