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Animal
by Lisa Taddeo
3.5 stars
Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy of this book! All opinions are my own.
Lisa Taddeo is not afraid to go there with her writing and I appreciate that she doesn’t hold back. This book features characters that will disgust and fascinate you, including the main character, Joan. There’s definitely a rawness and rage underlying Joan’s character. At points, I felt like I wanted to look away, but I couldn’t. Joan wouldn’t let me.
Throughout the book, we’re really inside Joan’s head and we see how she wants, yearns, manipulates, needs. I wouldn’t say that I enjoyed this because it’s not that type of book, but Taddeo’s writing propelled me forward and I had to keep reading.
This book is about trauma and about being shaped by the choices our parents make, and the legacies they leave behind. It’s also about the various cruelties that men inflict on women. It was kind of a shocking read, actually, and I didn’t know how I felt about it while reading. I don’t think this read will be for everyone due to the subject matter, but there is something really electric about Taddeo’s writing. Reading this felt sort of like being sucked into a whirlpool and then spit back out, leaving you sputtering and trying to catch your breath and your bearings.
[CW: sexual assault, rape, violence, pregnancy loss]
Thank you to the publisher for giving me a free copy of this book! All opinions are my own.
Lisa Taddeo is not afraid to go there with her writing and I appreciate that she doesn’t hold back. This book features characters that will disgust and fascinate you, including the main character, Joan. There’s definitely a rawness and rage underlying Joan’s character. At points, I felt like I wanted to look away, but I couldn’t. Joan wouldn’t let me.
Throughout the book, we’re really inside Joan’s head and we see how she wants, yearns, manipulates, needs. I wouldn’t say that I enjoyed this because it’s not that type of book, but Taddeo’s writing propelled me forward and I had to keep reading.
This book is about trauma and about being shaped by the choices our parents make, and the legacies they leave behind. It’s also about the various cruelties that men inflict on women. It was kind of a shocking read, actually, and I didn’t know how I felt about it while reading. I don’t think this read will be for everyone due to the subject matter, but there is something really electric about Taddeo’s writing. Reading this felt sort of like being sucked into a whirlpool and then spit back out, leaving you sputtering and trying to catch your breath and your bearings.
[CW: sexual assault, rape, violence, pregnancy loss]