A review by eralbesu
Tampa by Alissa Nutting

dark 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? Yes

4.0

Wow. This is a very dark read. The writer brings you into the mind of a young, sociopathic, manipulative pedophile who is obsessed with youth and satisfying her sexual desires for pubescent boys. That is the hardest part about reading this story. Having to witness the thought process of a child predator and seeing how she uses her position as a teacher to take advantage of her students.

The book is well written and the story is told very well. The content is just difficult. Please do not ignore the content warnings, especially if you or someone you are close to experienced grooming or sexual assault as a child.

~ SPOILERS~

The story was frustrating, because I so often found myself rooting for the MCs downfall and due to being a young, attractive, privileged, blonde woman, no one took the abuse of those boys seriously. I was hoping that at least one of the adults in these children’s lives would be their champion, but no one stepped up for these boys. And in the end, we see she is primed to strike again. Sick.

~ END OF SPOILER~

But this is such an accurate representation of how no one takes sexual violence against young boys seriously, especially at the hands of women, much less conventionally desirable women. 


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