A review by cubaitlubin
The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter

challenging dark reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Anything put out by Two Dollar Radio and blurbed by Carmen María Machado automatically piques my interest. I checked this out while waiting for my hold on Ripe - getting a sense of the author's mind and treatment of creative ideas around the dark complexities of womanhood. This book is bleak, thoughtful, direct. I liked how little extra explaining there was in the writing while still being impactful and having distinct imagery. My brand of weird.