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A review by hannahleila
Nothing But My Body by Tilly Lawless
2.5
I really wanted to love this book.
I have followed Tilly for years on social media, am queer myself, live near Sydney and have loved ones who are SWers - so perhaps I am not the target audience.
Written in Tilly's signature stream of consciousness writing style, which is engaging in an Instagram caption but not so much for a whole novel.
This book I also found to be irritatingly autobiographical, whilst still being labelled fiction. I feel like I've read Tilly post about the exact events that take place in this novel, so I wasn't exactly hanging off the edge of my seat wondering what each day/chapter might bring.
I'm also going to sound like a grumpy old c*nt here but it must be said, in parts I felt like this book was trying extra hard to be 'woke' or 'leftist.' "my gay Black trans friend did this and then my disabled Somalian queer friend gave me a bump and then my pussy ached." (not verbatim). It just felt pretty forced. And while that may be the author's reality (again, where is the fiction?), it kind of felt like the aim was to shock readers.
Again, I'm probably not the target audience, and others who are not so linked to our community would probably get more out of this one.
I think I also remember reading somewhere that Tilly didn't particularly enjoy writing this book and it wasn't the book they *wanted* to write.
Anyway, still love Tilly Lawless and will still read anything else she does in future, this one just didn't hit right for me.
I have followed Tilly for years on social media, am queer myself, live near Sydney and have loved ones who are SWers - so perhaps I am not the target audience.
Written in Tilly's signature stream of consciousness writing style, which is engaging in an Instagram caption but not so much for a whole novel.
This book I also found to be irritatingly autobiographical, whilst still being labelled fiction. I feel like I've read Tilly post about the exact events that take place in this novel, so I wasn't exactly hanging off the edge of my seat wondering what each day/chapter might bring.
I'm also going to sound like a grumpy old c*nt here but it must be said, in parts I felt like this book was trying extra hard to be 'woke' or 'leftist.' "my gay Black trans friend did this and then my disabled Somalian queer friend gave me a bump and then my pussy ached." (not verbatim). It just felt pretty forced. And while that may be the author's reality (again, where is the fiction?), it kind of felt like the aim was to shock readers.
Again, I'm probably not the target audience, and others who are not so linked to our community would probably get more out of this one.
I think I also remember reading somewhere that Tilly didn't particularly enjoy writing this book and it wasn't the book they *wanted* to write.
Anyway, still love Tilly Lawless and will still read anything else she does in future, this one just didn't hit right for me.