A review by angrybookworm
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I love love loved this book! I mostly enjoyed the first story because I already knew and was fond of the story of the girl with the green ribbon. The way it took a familiar story and gave it a deeper purpose or opinion was fantastic. As for the other short stories, I didn't get all of them but I knew what they were getting at and I think it was a really wonderful collection. A read for grad school but very happy with it and learned quite a bit from it.