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Spoilt Creatures
by Amy Twigg
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Iris feels lost after her break-up with Nathan. As they lived together, she needs a new place to live, and is recommended a house for women that her friend's sister stayed at for a while. That's how she gets to be in Breach House with a group of women, each feeling lost, who are guided by Blythe. But is everything all it's cracked up to be?
We read this for the Women, Eating bookclub, and it was an interesting book to discuss. None of us really loved it, with my personal objection being that the book doesn't deliver on it's promise to be all about female rage, feminism and unhinged girls being holed up in a house somewhere off the grid. It felt like a flat soda, and without the fizz, it just isn't as enjoyable. I have personal issues with the main character's lack of agency, and it made for a frustrating read. While I appreciate that the MC's passivity might be the point of the book, the rest of the book being lacking the punches I was hoping for made it a bit of a disappointment. It made for easy reading though, because I finished the book in no time!
We read this for the Women, Eating bookclub, and it was an interesting book to discuss. None of us really loved it, with my personal objection being that the book doesn't deliver on it's promise to be all about female rage, feminism and unhinged girls being holed up in a house somewhere off the grid. It felt like a flat soda, and without the fizz, it just isn't as enjoyable. I have personal issues with the main character's lack of agency, and it made for a frustrating read. While I appreciate that the MC's passivity might be the point of the book, the rest of the book being lacking the punches I was hoping for made it a bit of a disappointment. It made for easy reading though, because I finished the book in no time!