A review by fluoresensitive
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey

challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Hmmmmm. Yeah. The writing is very good and I like the way Popkey chooses words/structures her sentences, but the inner machinations of white womanhood bore me, and I thought what she was trying to say about desire and fantasy and eroticism was a little two-dimensional. An episode of Fleabag is more concise, and I was ?? When she mentioned James Baldwin as an influence. Girl, I guess.