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Nightbitch
by Rachel Yoder
This book resonated with me on an uncomfortable level.
Growing up into being a far-left feminist with existential dread and crippling anxiety over every part of my life, not to mention terrifying intrusive thoughts, this book touched parts of me I'm really nervous to even think about.
I fear motherhood, I resent it, I'm scared of being a mom and I'm scared of not being one. I am anxious over not being enough or not being okay. I'm scared of having a son, I'm scared of having a daughter, I'm terrified for myself, for my sisters and for my brother. It feels feral. It feels scary.
This book reminded me of that.
While this book did drag out a bit in my opinion, and for that reason I'm not giving it a five stars rating, I felt extremely seen by this book, to an almost ridiculously embarrassing amount, and that isn't something I feel when reading books - I don't relate to characters on a personal level to this degree.
While I have never done anything this woman has done in her life (Have a kid, yell at said kid, have a career at art, kill wild animals, etc.), I feel her turmoil, and there is something empowering in seeing a woman act, even if in a morally dubious way, on that turmoil.
I think I might have related to her more if she had slowly turned into a cat, or a snake, but who knows.
Edit: changing the rating to a five star
Growing up into being a far-left feminist with existential dread and crippling anxiety over every part of my life, not to mention terrifying intrusive thoughts, this book touched parts of me I'm really nervous to even think about.
I fear motherhood, I resent it, I'm scared of being a mom and I'm scared of not being one. I am anxious over not being enough or not being okay. I'm scared of having a son, I'm scared of having a daughter, I'm terrified for myself, for my sisters and for my brother. It feels feral. It feels scary.
This book reminded me of that.
While this book did drag out a bit in my opinion, and for that reason I'm not giving it a five stars rating, I felt extremely seen by this book, to an almost ridiculously embarrassing amount, and that isn't something I feel when reading books - I don't relate to characters on a personal level to this degree.
While I have never done anything this woman has done in her life (Have a kid, yell at said kid, have a career at art, kill wild animals, etc.), I feel her turmoil, and there is something empowering in seeing a woman act, even if in a morally dubious way, on that turmoil.
I think I might have related to her more if she had slowly turned into a cat, or a snake, but who knows.
Edit: changing the rating to a five star