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The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
by Juliet Grames
I was torn on this book. The writing – excellent. The story telling skills – also excellent. This book pulled me in and had me engaged for ¾ of it. But then I began to suspect that there might actually be no point or even relief to the endless, relentless sorrow of Stella Fortuna’s life, and it became hard to force myself to finish it. I appreciate warnings of pregnancy loss/infant death because it is very traumatic for me if I am not expecting it, and both of these happen in this book. But take away my visceral reactions to those things, and I was still left feeling endlessly depressed and wondering what exactly the point was. I read heavy things often, but this felt so utterly *pointless* that I could not appreciate it.
This book contains senseless violence, sexual abuse, pregnancy loss, gore (which was often pointless and over the top), and a general miasma of depression. I truly loved the parts that immersed me in the Calabrian/Italian-American world that the author clearly knows so well, but I cannot say I liked this book or really recommend it.
Poor unfortunate Stella Fortuna.
This book contains senseless violence, sexual abuse, pregnancy loss, gore (which was often pointless and over the top), and a general miasma of depression. I truly loved the parts that immersed me in the Calabrian/Italian-American world that the author clearly knows so well, but I cannot say I liked this book or really recommend it.
Poor unfortunate Stella Fortuna.