A review by theeuphoriczat
A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride

4.0

This was very painful to read. It took me a bit to get used to the writing but once I did I flew through this book. Our MC went through so much pain, that at some point I just started crying on her behalf. This books is a collage of experiences that make up the MC's life. From growing up in the shadow of her sibling who had brain tumor, to being raped by her uncle, to becoming hypersexual as a young adult and how that shaped the trajectory of her relationships and warped her view of love; including self love. Religion plays a huge role in this book; only that it made her feel unseen and intangible which put a rift between her and her mother. [I don't to even get into her relationship with her mother]. The ending was the part that made me cry so much, on one hand, I think she killed herself in the lake; on the other hand, I am hoping she just took a dip in place of a baptism; because I refuse to accept such a tragic ending to a pain filled life.