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elsieols 's review for:
The Taiga Syndrome
by Cristina Rivera Garza
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“all women think about is sex” booo 🍅🍅🍅 everyone point and laugh at the incel translator
but seriously, this book was…so much. i literally just finished reading it a minute ago, and my primary thought is just “what the fuck was that” /pos
this book is a book about depravity, about freedom, about women, about abandoned children. it’s about sexual violence and “insanity” if that could even be what this condition really is. queer and feminist literary theory need to get on this book YESTERDAY. there is so much that this book ponders about sex(one meaning), sex (other meaning), abandonment, how men view and treat women, how children are abandoned, and so much more. for such a short book it is PACKED with questions that, in trying to answer, could definitely fill more pages than the book itself.
also, i love how the format is so spacey, choppy, and scattered—just like the evidence the narrator has to piece together about the missing couple.
but seriously, this book was…so much. i literally just finished reading it a minute ago, and my primary thought is just “what the fuck was that” /pos
this book is a book about depravity, about freedom, about women, about abandoned children. it’s about sexual violence and “insanity” if that could even be what this condition really is. queer and feminist literary theory need to get on this book YESTERDAY. there is so much that this book ponders about sex(one meaning), sex (other meaning), abandonment, how men view and treat women, how children are abandoned, and so much more. for such a short book it is PACKED with questions that, in trying to answer, could definitely fill more pages than the book itself.
also, i love how the format is so spacey, choppy, and scattered—just like the evidence the narrator has to piece together about the missing couple.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abandonment
Moderate: Gore, Blood