A review by lcr16
Ghost Lover: Stories by Lisa Taddeo

dark medium-paced

0.0

Thank you to Net Galley and Avid Reader Press for the e-ARC. Taddeo’s stories of unrequited love come with a bitter twist. The best were Beautiful People, Air Supply, and Suburban Weekend. Taddeo’s writing is complex and brilliant at it’s peak when describing dynamic of competitiveness and love in platonic female relationships. The twist of Suburban Weekend with the excessive eating of the refilled candy jar left the book with fantastic ending . However, the titular story that started out the book felt muddled and confusing. Taddeo seemed to be possibly going for some  nuanced discussion on sexual assault and drugs in romantic relationships. I’m still unsure what the first story was really trying to say because some parts felt so contradictory. Her writing style is beautifully jarring and raw, but it felt unbalanced when the point Taddeo was trying to make seemed so unclear. The writing style was very fun, but ultimately the collection could’ve been stronger.