A review by lezreadalot
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

4.0

Lifeblood escapes all the time, minor haemorrhages, a little a day. Maybe that is how we age. Maybe that is how we die.

I'm glad I went into this one completely blind. I just read the blurb, and while I don't think it gives too much away, it was really creepy and fun having no idea what was happening in the beginning of this weird little novella. The writing is searing and sharp, just as descriptive as it needs to be and not a jot more, but still lovely. Thompson has created an extremely memorable protagonist in Molly; brilliant, dry, efficient, a survivor. I kinda wish this book had zigged instead of zagged, and I was waiting for it to get weird in a completely different way. Also, this is totally a me thing, but when we finally got some answers, they happened to tie into themes that I, personally, am always incredibly bored by.

Still. Really terrific. My first by this author; definitely not my last.

Content warnings:

Spoiler

lots of murders, blood, gore, dismemberments, grossness, self harm

Merged review:

Lifeblood escapes all the time, minor haemorrhages, a little a day. Maybe that is how we age. Maybe that is how we die.

I'm glad I went into this one completely blind. I just read the blurb, and while I don't think it gives too much away, it was really creepy and fun having no idea what was happening in the beginning of this weird little novella. The writing is searing and sharp, just as descriptive as it needs to be and not a jot more, but still lovely. Thompson has created an extremely memorable protagonist in Molly; brilliant, dry, efficient, a survivor. I kinda wish this book had zigged instead of zagged, and I was waiting for it to get weird in a completely different way. Also, this is totally a me thing, but when we finally got some answers, they happened to tie into themes that I, personally, am always incredibly bored by.

Still. Really terrific. My first by this author; definitely not my last.

Content warnings:

Spoiler

lots of murders, blood, gore, dismemberments, grossness, self harm