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A review by miactaft
Black Iris by Elliot Wake, Elliot Wake
4.0
woof! this book was intense. lyrical prose, obsessive, unlikable narrator, twists and turns that i truly didn’t see coming.
some of the quotes that destroyed me…
“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with boys. No one trains us to shield our hearts from each other. With girls, it's total vulnerability from the beginning. Our skin is bare and soft. We love with claws and teeth and the blood is just proof of how much. It's feral.
And it's relentless.”
and
“Let go of pain, not people.”
and
“A body has a way of wanting to be touched so badly that the touch itself will hurt, but so will remaining untouched. Nothing helps.”
like holy hell, elliot wake can write.
some of the quotes that destroyed me…
“Girls love each other like animals. There is something ferocious and unself-conscious about it. We don't guard ourselves like we do with boys. No one trains us to shield our hearts from each other. With girls, it's total vulnerability from the beginning. Our skin is bare and soft. We love with claws and teeth and the blood is just proof of how much. It's feral.
And it's relentless.”
and
“Let go of pain, not people.”
and
“A body has a way of wanting to be touched so badly that the touch itself will hurt, but so will remaining untouched. Nothing helps.”
like holy hell, elliot wake can write.