A review by alexlaurelhoffman
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

5.0

This is not a light read but definitely a worthwhile one. McBride writes in a style that is at first jarring and difficult to read. However, once you get used to it, her writing becomes immensely compelling and the rhythm of it makes it feel like a raw reality. A reality that doesn’t restrict itself to the rules of sentence structure or logic - a reality more like our own than a work of fiction. A Girl is a Half-formed Thing is a troubling coming of age story; a story of abuse and misplaced guilt, of suffering and of family. It is masterfully constructed and poignant.