A review by sakisreads
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This is my first time reading Roxane Gay (late to the game, I know) and gosh, this collection was not an easy read! The stories below felt the most memorable for me:
‘I Will Follow You’ doesn’t need many words to be hard-hitting. Content warnings for this one (and every story after) are included below. Fuck Mr. Peters 😫
‘Florida’ was great fun. A bit fucked up, definitely, but also real. I could picture every one of these characters 🫠
‘How’ was so interesting. How life can feel so trivial, yet people can be going through things you just never know about! 😳
Loved Hanna and Laura’s little love story and how they managed to get away with Anna, Logan and the baby ✨
‘Pilgrim’ was so interesting, because it feels taboo to talk about the heartbreak of losing a child. This felt sharp and succinct 🥲 Wholeheartedly heartbreaking and yet the lack of feeling was clearly so intentional!
‘Glass’ was familial and so messy. Loved that 🙊

All in all, I’m rating this collection 3.5 out of 5 stars. I’m looking forward to exploring more of Gay’s works ✨ 

Content warnings included as usual below.

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