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A review by murphysmustread
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
3.0
Rating: 2.75/5
Before I begin my official review, please don’t take the fact that this book took me a longer time to read as a bad sign. While it did take longer to get through than average, that’s because I strictly only read this book during downtime at work. Since it covers topics such as sexual violence (through analogies, metaphors, etc.), I usually only like digesting that sort of material on work time since it relates to the organization I work for and the services we provide. In the field of social work, it’s really important to not take your work home with you or at least make every attempt to leave things at the office. That being said, this book left me a bit disappointed. I’m not sure if the themes and intentions behind each short story just went over my head, but each short story seemed to be stranger than the last. I did jot some of my thoughts down in the margins, but I have no idea if they actually make sense. The short stories certainly entertaining and spooky, I’m just not sure if I fully grasped the concepts behind them.
Before I begin my official review, please don’t take the fact that this book took me a longer time to read as a bad sign. While it did take longer to get through than average, that’s because I strictly only read this book during downtime at work. Since it covers topics such as sexual violence (through analogies, metaphors, etc.), I usually only like digesting that sort of material on work time since it relates to the organization I work for and the services we provide. In the field of social work, it’s really important to not take your work home with you or at least make every attempt to leave things at the office. That being said, this book left me a bit disappointed. I’m not sure if the themes and intentions behind each short story just went over my head, but each short story seemed to be stranger than the last. I did jot some of my thoughts down in the margins, but I have no idea if they actually make sense. The short stories certainly entertaining and spooky, I’m just not sure if I fully grasped the concepts behind them.