charratesbooks 's review for:

Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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A heart wrenching account of internalised homophobia and the way low self worth impacts all our relationships. I thought it was good but I didn’t especially enjoy it. As someone who’s suffered with depression, I don’t enjoy the internal monologues of people who are in the throes of it. There’s something very naval gazing about depression that I find hard to engage with now I’m not at rock bottom anymore.