A review by jayisreading
Boulder by Eva Baltasar

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

This was such an interesting dive into a queer woman's mind and negative feelings about children and motherhood. I feel that society still often expects women to have maternal instincts, and for the narrator to so blatantly push back against that is incredibly refreshing. In such a short book, Baltasar unravels her characters to reveal numerous flaws and vulnerabilities, as well as creating a well-crafted claustrophobic tension to reflect the feelings of the titular character (Boulder being a nickname).

I'm looking forward to reading Baltasar's other works, because Boulder scratched an itch for a good character study.
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