A review by sharese_reads
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed the diversity of these stories. There were many literary transitions between them, the characters were diverse as well as the themes and atmosphere of the stories. 

On the front of my copy of the book there is a USA Today quote that states the character are “our mothers, sisters and partners”. This did not ring true for me as all of the stories revolve around the women and their relationship to men. There weren’t any stories rooted in mother daughter difficult relationships, Deep lesbian relationships, stories of women Addicted, celibate women who focus all their energy on becoming the best xyz they could be, it was all women in relation to men- mostly terrible men, some not so terrible. 

But these aren’t my stories. They aren’t my mother, sister or partner. They are another’s and for that I definitely respect them and enjoyed the literary melange that Roxane Gay has gifted us.