everie 's review for:

Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
4.0
adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

A fun read! The different narrators, each with their own biases built into their storytelling (including the smug author of the introduction) make it a delight to sift through the details. Whenever Archibald said anything about his own opinion of himself or interpretation of Bella's motives I did burst out laughing at the audacity of men. I think the most fun theory on which is "true" is a mix of all three. Everyone tells the stories they want to believe when they talk about themselves. I love the labor/women's rights turn in the last section, even if it was also the most grim.

Also, I can never trust the movie's director again after seeing the difference, damn. You really just played it straight with Archibald McCandless' POV. You really just took that interpretation only. No wonder the "romance" plot felt so ???? Lmaoo

Good book!