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A review by ida
Magma by Thora Hjörleifsdóttir
dark
tense
3.0
A modern take on The Yellow Wallpaper, about a woman's spiralling mental health at the hands of the man she lives with.
This is bleak reading, but as Hjörleifsdóttir says ø, this and worse is happening everyday to so many women, and we can't stop it unless we talk about it.
The book follows Lilja and her thoughts about her boyfriend, or rather the man she wants to have as boyfriend. We see her struggle with, and lose, her sense of self, and we see how manipulative he must be in order to make her so apathetic.
Trigger warnings: rape, cutting/self harm, and fatphobia.
This is bleak reading, but as Hjörleifsdóttir says ø, this and worse is happening everyday to so many women, and we can't stop it unless we talk about it.
The book follows Lilja and her thoughts about her boyfriend, or rather the man she wants to have as boyfriend. We see her struggle with, and lose, her sense of self, and we see how manipulative he must be in order to make her so apathetic.
Trigger warnings: rape, cutting/self harm, and fatphobia.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
Minor: Fatphobia and Rape