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A review by kateyoutka
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
A Kafkaesque fever dream of a novel -- stressful, heartbreaking and hilarious.
I had no idea what was going on at *any* point of this book, and I enjoyed every second of it. It's either satirical, or it's playing a trick on the reader, or it's a metaphor, or it's magical realism, or it's somehow all of the above, but most especially it's -- as Kate Baer said it better than I can -- a "primal scream" of a book.
Readers are best off going into this book with as little knowledge about it as possible, which is good considering I wouldn't even know how to describe it. But any woman, mother or not, will see themselves in this story, bizarre as it is. I can't wait to see the Hulu adaptation (with Amy Adams, of course).
I had no idea what was going on at *any* point of this book, and I enjoyed every second of it. It's either satirical, or it's playing a trick on the reader, or it's a metaphor, or it's magical realism, or it's somehow all of the above, but most especially it's -- as Kate Baer said it better than I can -- a "primal scream" of a book.
Readers are best off going into this book with as little knowledge about it as possible, which is good considering I wouldn't even know how to describe it. But any woman, mother or not, will see themselves in this story, bizarre as it is. I can't wait to see the Hulu adaptation (with Amy Adams, of course).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Toxic relationship