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A review by kkenna7
She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
*Thank you to Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the ALC! All opinions are my own.*
This was SO much fun, okay? First of all, let me just give Stephanie Willing her flowers. The narration in the audiobook was incredible. She didn't just narrate this novel, she ACTED the HELL out of it, which I think was incredibly apt for the plot and also made the listening experience ten times more enjoyable than it would have otherwise been.
Now for the book itself (which was equally as enjoyable). I knew immediately upon seeing this cover and reading the blurb that this was a book for me. The nod to Yellowface is immediately made clear in this book and I love books with a tone like that; they're ones I think have a lot of room for creativity within the fiction space and are not yet overdone. This will easily stand up next to ~weird girl fiction~ like Nightbitch, Motherthing, etc. as well, so this is a Must Read if you're into that subgenre.
I don't want to get *too* into the plot here because I do think going in blind with this one is your best bet for the best time, but let me just say watching the spiral and descent into absolute insanity that occurs throughout this novel is literary GOURMET. The ending was also incredible. It felt like such a wonderfully fitting grand finale to this tumultuous time we've had reading the rest of it.
Crazy, depraved, tense, dark. SO. MUCH. FUN. DO NOT sleep on this!
This was SO much fun, okay? First of all, let me just give Stephanie Willing her flowers. The narration in the audiobook was incredible. She didn't just narrate this novel, she ACTED the HELL out of it, which I think was incredibly apt for the plot and also made the listening experience ten times more enjoyable than it would have otherwise been.
Now for the book itself (which was equally as enjoyable). I knew immediately upon seeing this cover and reading the blurb that this was a book for me. The nod to Yellowface is immediately made clear in this book and I love books with a tone like that; they're ones I think have a lot of room for creativity within the fiction space and are not yet overdone. This will easily stand up next to ~weird girl fiction~ like Nightbitch, Motherthing, etc. as well, so this is a Must Read if you're into that subgenre.
I don't want to get *too* into the plot here because I do think going in blind with this one is your best bet for the best time, but let me just say watching the spiral and descent into absolute insanity that occurs throughout this novel is literary GOURMET. The ending was also incredible. It felt like such a wonderfully fitting grand finale to this tumultuous time we've had reading the rest of it.
Crazy, depraved, tense, dark. SO. MUCH. FUN. DO NOT sleep on this!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship