A review by lesbegays
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

it took me a few chapters to really get invested, but oh boy did i get invested. mary was not a likable character, but then these moments where you remember she’s just 15/16 would hit SO hard and make me so sad for what i knew was coming. i’m left feeling very similarly to the way i did upon finishing the film parasite. gutted and hopeless and angry at the way society puts people in circumstances that encourage them to be cruel. 
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