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Animal
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bookshelves: non-ya, mystery-thriller-horror-etc, literary-fiction, 4-stars, that-setting-tho, recommend, reviewed, owned
Dec 26, 2021
bookshelves: non-ya, mystery-thriller-horror-etc, literary-fiction, 4-stars, that-setting-tho, recommend, reviewed, owned
The central point of this book is that thirty-seven years of being a woman is enough to drive a person to kill.
And truer words were never spoken.
Yes, this is also wildly well written, causing me (a non-marker by nature) to highlight and annotate like it was my job, and yes, the theme of prey and predator as it comes to gender dynamics is excellent, and sure, these characters may not stay with me as long as what they were intended to portray will, but who cares about any of that.
Cool Girls like this book and it's feminist in the most f*cked up way on earth.
Another win for literary fiction about women who are horrible.
Bottom line: As long as I have something to read like this book, I'm pretty sure I'll live forever.
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pre-review
i don't really highlight or annotate when i read - it doesn't occur naturally to me - but my borrowed ebook of this is ravaged by blue-lined passages.
review to come / 4 stars
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tbr review
this is on a lot of Cool Girls' best of the year lists, and that's all i need to know
And truer words were never spoken.
Yes, this is also wildly well written, causing me (a non-marker by nature) to highlight and annotate like it was my job, and yes, the theme of prey and predator as it comes to gender dynamics is excellent, and sure, these characters may not stay with me as long as what they were intended to portray will, but who cares about any of that.
Cool Girls like this book and it's feminist in the most f*cked up way on earth.
Another win for literary fiction about women who are horrible.
Bottom line: As long as I have something to read like this book, I'm pretty sure I'll live forever.
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pre-review
i don't really highlight or annotate when i read - it doesn't occur naturally to me - but my borrowed ebook of this is ravaged by blue-lined passages.
review to come / 4 stars
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tbr review
this is on a lot of Cool Girls' best of the year lists, and that's all i need to know
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Dec 26, 2021 12:57PM
Lol same, sis. It put me off reading it 🤣
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Sangeetha wrote: "Lol same, sis. It put me off reading it 🤣"i had the complete opposite reaction
ooooh this is on my shelf and i have yet to read it, im intrigued because you rated it well!
This may be my best book of 2021. It is not pleasant but god is it good.
Payton wrote: "ooooh this is on my shelf and i have yet to read it, im intrigued because you rated it well!"it's a lot but i really liked it!!
Carme wrote: "This may be my best book of 2021. It is not pleasant but god is it good."that second sentence should be on the cover
Horrible woman? Man killer? If this doesn’t get me out of a reading slump, i don’t know what will.
Since you like literary fiction about horrible women so much, you should like Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews.
Giovy wrote: "Horrible woman? Man killer? If this doesn’t get me out of a reading slump, i don’t know what will."thoughts and prayers
Thea wrote: "Since you like literary fiction about horrible women so much, you should like Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews."looking into it now!
emma wrote: "Thea wrote: "Since you like literary fiction about horrible women so much, you should like Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews."looking into it now!"
cool! :)
probably my fav book of the year. well said!
lydia walker wrote: "probably my fav book of the year. well said!"woo!
Jen wrote: "Hmmm… I turn 36 next year 🤔"what a beautiful time to do crime
Definitely going to have to check this out. Depending on which metric you use, going on three years myself and I'm already there (also, not far away from 37).Not sure if I've commented before, but I really enjoy just how unashamedly you your reviews are. There's a personal honesty a lot of reviews lack and I really appreciate it, regardless of whether I agree with every one.
Loved this book. In my opinion it is much more accomplished than Three Women (even though I did like that too). But this is just 🤌🏻chef’s kiss🤌🏻
What can you recommend on the same topic/frenetic way of writing like this one?
