A review by alexandriaslibrary
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Sapphic classics never miss! Lazi is a self-hating college student who falls in love with a woman but is also the most avoidant person who has ever lived. It follows her throughout her college & sexuality journey & her friends and lovers along the way. The book is broken into 8 notebooks (organized by her age/relationships/etc) and the chapters are short vignettes. There are also flash pieces about allegorical "crocodiles" who are the focus of a media frenzy (a reference to the gay movement in 1980s/1990s Taiwan)