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A review by bookish_withsky
Mothered by Zoje Stage
3.0
Having your judgmental, passive aggressive mother move in with you could be just about everyone’s nightmare. Add in the fact that Jackie and Grace have a tumultuous relationship at best and neither are what could pass as good people, it’s gonna make for an interesting story. We follow two time lines : the current where Jackie and Grace have moved in together and the past where Grace is left to care for her sister, Hope.
There are genuinely creepy scenes. Not knowing what’s real and what’s a dream will always remind me of when I struggled with severe night terrors. I also love when author’s are able to take their grief and turn it into something else. I firmly believe that horror and thrillers are the best genres to get one’s grief out into the world and truly explore it. There were moments that I didn’t enjoy or didn’t care for, but there were others that kept me intrigued and left me wanting to grab the book again and again. Definitely recommend if you’re already a fan of the author, find the pandemic lockdown stories intriguing, or genuinely enjoy a ‘batshit’ story - as the author describes it herself. Probably not meant for you if you like all of the answers at any given time or if Covid Lockdowns are still a touchy subject.
There are genuinely creepy scenes. Not knowing what’s real and what’s a dream will always remind me of when I struggled with severe night terrors. I also love when author’s are able to take their grief and turn it into something else. I firmly believe that horror and thrillers are the best genres to get one’s grief out into the world and truly explore it. There were moments that I didn’t enjoy or didn’t care for, but there were others that kept me intrigued and left me wanting to grab the book again and again. Definitely recommend if you’re already a fan of the author, find the pandemic lockdown stories intriguing, or genuinely enjoy a ‘batshit’ story - as the author describes it herself. Probably not meant for you if you like all of the answers at any given time or if Covid Lockdowns are still a touchy subject.