A review by ghoulieghoul
The Bitch by Pilar Quintana

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Bruh the way this book uncovered deep seated memories of animal abuse, the way it affected me. The impossibility of being gentle, loving, or tender when the same has never been shown to you. The “pit bull” archetype of domestic violence; loyal but ever fearful of abandonment. The way families are torn apart by settler colonial capitalism. The guilt of being born female, carrying with the added weight of those around you. And the way mothers perpetuate the cycle of abuse the most onto their daughters, who serve as a mirror. Giving someone the things that you wanted most is gut wrenchingly painful, and sometimes impossible. To be confronted with all that you never received. Did we ever even deserve it?
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