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A review by teaviant13
The Goodbye Kiss by Massimo Carlotto
1.0
GIRL! What in the toxic masculinity did I just subject myself to? Like. This was trash. I don't know anyway to see this novel other than some sort of dark wish fulfillment by the author of their idealized self as a fucking misogynistic violent thug.
The cover said it was an unflinching and unflattering view of modern Italy but girl I was not prepared for this dantean journey into some fucking hoodlum's mind. I am going to need to inject bleach straight into my brain.
And the writing isn't terrible but it is literally a story of a terrible and violent man continually succeeding in his life of violence and crime and I just don't see the point.
The cover said it was an unflinching and unflattering view of modern Italy but girl I was not prepared for this dantean journey into some fucking hoodlum's mind. I am going to need to inject bleach straight into my brain.
And the writing isn't terrible but it is literally a story of a terrible and violent man continually succeeding in his life of violence and crime and I just don't see the point.