tracytcamp's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Cringey behavior by everyone.
kiriamarin's review against another edition
3.0
Não diria que é um livro surpreendente ou brilhante mas é uma obra sólida que apresenta ousadia no estudo psicológico da sua protagonista, o que é difícil de encontrar na literatura contemporânea. Ainda mais lidando com temas como falso empoderamento feminino e livros que seguem cartilha feminista para um certo nicho de editoras e leitores. Bom a obra consegue fugir destes cliches e dizer algo interessante . Sobre dinâmicas de poder e sexo entre homens e mulheres jovens, relacionamentos não monogâmico e fragilidades humanas,não importa a idade,intelecto ou profissão, todos temos vulnerabilidades,desejos, obsessões secretas . Este não é um livro para pessoas "descontruidas", aqui não seres humanos perfeitos e idealizados mas talvez ideias retrógradas que resistem a mudança ,assim como sua protagonista . Nem todos podem-se dar o privilégio de aceitar a si mesmo e virar as costas ao julgamento social, ainda mais o papel nobre,santificado de ser o pilar da sociedade que as mulheres carregam...
victaphone's review against another edition
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
It felt like not much happened.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
wombat_88's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-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
talkbookswithnat's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this fun, cynical, and twisted book. It is not at all what I expected but I loved it! That ending though….
kbrown5455's review against another edition
4.0
Terrible cover art that almost served as a deterrent. This is a surprising story of academic and romantic jealousy
swineberg's review against another edition
4.0
An engrossing and thorny novel, with shades of Tár and Ottessa Moshfegh. Haunting and uncomfortable; well worth a read despite some writing that felt to me self-consciously literary, and an ending that seems to sidestep some of the book’s well-built character arcs, climax, and themes. The actual last sentence, however, is a real ripper.
abitofmoxie's review against another edition
1.0
Ok well this is definitely a contender for worst book of the year for me, but it’s only January so we’ll see!
So much nonsense, so little time. This book is a load of internalized woe-is-me misogyny mixed with a very healthy dose of condescension for everyone, but especially anyone younger than the narrator. She obsesses on age and beauty to an absolutely unreadable extent.
And then towards the end, the book jumps the shark and becomes something else. And then it scraps that idea and just ends things off like the deadline was coming up.
If someone were to ask me what this book was about I’d probably just say “a narcissist who’s obsessed with herself and never realizes it” and who really wants to read about that?
So much nonsense, so little time. This book is a load of internalized woe-is-me misogyny mixed with a very healthy dose of condescension for everyone, but especially anyone younger than the narrator. She obsesses on age and beauty to an absolutely unreadable extent.
And then towards the end, the book jumps the shark and becomes something else. And then it scraps that idea and just ends things off like the deadline was coming up.
If someone were to ask me what this book was about I’d probably just say “a narcissist who’s obsessed with herself and never realizes it” and who really wants to read about that?
xlaraxk's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0