A review by jennygaitskell
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

4.0

This novel captures how weird the world can seem when you're feeling a little lost in it. The atmosphere is intoxicating, through the looking glass, if Alice were a directionless twenty-something with a manipulative Mum. The writing is vivid, at moments I could feel the Spanish heat, the jellyfish sting. I enjoyed following the wandering, self-questioning, self-misdirecting young woman, wanting to understand what she might be, succumbing to possibilities offered by others.
But there was a moment at the story's start I found implausible, and I was never completely convinced by the main character or her backstory.