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manikahemmerixh 's review for:
Animal: A Novel
by Lisa Taddeo
I love literary fiction, especially when it centers around women. Unfortunately, this one wasn't for me though. I had a pretty hard time finishing it. The content is very dark, especially in regards to everything that Joan has seen and endured in her life, but I was never able to make any kind of emotional connection to Joan, and that I think is part of why this book fell flat for me. I wasn't really invested in any of it - despite the narrative trying to keep the reader engaged by keeping certain things very vague in the beginning, and gradually giving the reader more detail. I'm not sure if this is also supposed to apply to the story being told to Joan's daughter, as that felt very apparent to me almost immediately. Which also left the ending so-so .
Mostly I was a little bored the whole time though, and pushing through to see if something would spark a connection between Animal and I. Sadly, it never clicked.
Mostly I was a little bored the whole time though, and pushing through to see if something would spark a connection between Animal and I. Sadly, it never clicked.