sippyburke 's review for:

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
4.0

rounded this up to 4 stars to spite all the people who surely read this book and fell directly into the trap of thinking that it’s bad because it depicts bad behavior, which the book rightly points out is an idiotic way to engage with art. congratulations, you did exactly the thing the author was writing about! i didn’t love this book — the end REALLY jumps the shark in SEVERAL ways and it felt like the plot sort of unraveled in favor of wild twists — but i did like it. it asks interesting questions, made me really question my own perception of the narrator’s morality and trustworthiness, and includes some extremely apt observations about human emotions and behavior. julia may jonas is an excellent writer and i will keep an eye out for more from her.