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gabydoesgrowth's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, and Murder
Minor: Blood and Vomit
chi_hibaya's review against another edition
dark
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Funny, dark and sexy, this book was the perfect read to kick off the new year. Victoria explores reinventing herself while letting her imagination run wild with possibilities. The book raises an important question, can a person read too much?
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and Victoria's wild daydreams and made up scenarios. I especially enjoyed the erotic scenes, although this could have been slowed down a bit. Her husband Eric is the typically husband you love to hate: emotionally abusive, distant and with puffy nipples. But without realizing it, Victoria picked up some of his bad habits of judging and being repulsed by certain behaviors and parts of the body. She never even noticed how she was similar to the person she despised the most.
I never expected Eric to actually die in the book so it made me wonder how much did she have to do with it; how much planning went into it or did she really just get lucky? Was she Todd all along or did she just capitalize on it? Did she get Luke involved? I love that, that was left unanswered so that I can run wild with the possibilities.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and Victoria's wild daydreams and made up scenarios. I especially enjoyed the erotic scenes, although this could have been slowed down a bit. Her husband Eric is the typically husband you love to hate: emotionally abusive, distant and with puffy nipples. But without realizing it, Victoria picked up some of his bad habits of judging and being repulsed by certain behaviors and parts of the body. She never even noticed how she was similar to the person she despised the most.
I never expected Eric to actually die in the book so it made me wonder how much did she have to do with it; how much planning went into it or did she really just get lucky? Was she Todd all along or did she just capitalize on it? Did she get Luke involved? I love that, that was left unanswered so that I can run wild with the possibilities.
Content Warnings
Minor: Vomit and Stalking
purplepenning's review against another edition
dark
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
2.0
This is literary fiction. It has undertones of dark, satirical humor, but it's not really funny, it's not a romance, and it's definitely not a rom-com. I understand the appeal of a darkly funny modern Walter Mitty character, murderously daydreaming a way out of her appalling marriage, but... I will never understand the appeal of a whole novel with no likeable characters. There's a little less than one half of a likeable character in this entire book, and that's counting the dog. In addition, the plot delivery was too reflective of the stifling, repetitive, unhappy, upperclass life it was representing, leaving me with very little to enjoy other than, occasionally, an interesting turn of phrase or mildly satisfying escalation in the predicted drama.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia