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3.5 stars? this book is fucking weird and terrible to describe to others, but i had a fun time reading it. awad’s writing is very rich and intoxicating, sucking you into the suffocating, privileged and pathetic world of warren’s fine arts writing program.
i think your enjoyment of this book will depend on how you feel about the main character. samantha is very imaginative, self-loathing, and also eager to please. she loathes the bunnies, but at the same time, she quickly jumps at the chance to join them. she bites her tongue and doesn’t speak up even though it could turn the tides of many conversations and open up space for her. she’s also incredibly lonely and kind of follows whatever people tell her. i relate to this kind of person, and i think the narrative is interesting because she kinda lets things happen until she’s fed up.
(mild spoilers at this point)
i also enjoyed the surrealism that kicks into high gear around the halfway point. i think that it’s very silly that everything kind of unravels after their dream man appears and i don’t hate it, but it kind of feels like a let-down. i fully know that there are 25 year old women acting like this, but i feel like if it took place during undergrad, it might make a bit more sense? idk
i think your enjoyment of this book will depend on how you feel about the main character. samantha is very imaginative, self-loathing, and also eager to please. she loathes the bunnies, but at the same time, she quickly jumps at the chance to join them. she bites her tongue and doesn’t speak up even though it could turn the tides of many conversations and open up space for her. she’s also incredibly lonely and kind of follows whatever people tell her. i relate to this kind of person, and i think the narrative is interesting because she kinda lets things happen until she’s fed up.
(mild spoilers at this point)
i also enjoyed the surrealism that kicks into high gear around the halfway point. i think that it’s very silly that everything kind of unravels after their dream man appears and i don’t hate it, but it kind of feels like a let-down. i fully know that there are 25 year old women acting like this, but i feel like if it took place during undergrad, it might make a bit more sense? idk