A review by ashmont27
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'm not sure I ~got~ a couple of these stories and some of them dragged on way too long, but some of the stories were SO fantastic and chilling.

Ranking (best to worst): 
  1. Real Women Have Bodies
  2. The Husband Stitch 
  3. The Resident 
  4. Eight Bites
  5. Inventory 
  6. Especially Heinous 
  7. Difficult at Parties 
  8. Mothers (literally forgot this one existed) 

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