sunflower7skull 's review for:

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i thought this book was really interesting. there were a variety of stories told in many different styles featuring different kinds of queerness and womanhood. it is often not literal or linear and you should definitely heed trigger warnings but i really liked all of these stories

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic