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memydogandbooks's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It's a brutal, disturbing, wild, female-centred literary horror with great LGBTQ+ rep and Saltburn vibes 😯
[AD: thanks to VerveBooks for an advanced copy of this book!]
📕 Deliver Me by Elle Nash
📕 Contemporary, literary horror, LGBTQ+ rep
📕 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
📕 Published 27 June
What's it about?
Dee-Dee, a hardened worker at a Missouri meatpacking plant, grapples with a brutal job and a deep longing for motherhood. After suffering miscarriages, she finally becomes pregnant and clings to the hope of a complete life. However, her past choices, including leaving a strict Pentecostal church and an unstable boyfriend, complicate her present. With her mother's judgmental calls and a childhood friend's return stirring old desires, Dee-Dee navigates the challenges of pregnancy while fearing she might lose it all again.
What did I think?
- Wow this was my first book by Nash and it won't be my last, their ability to shock with purpose was outstanding.
- Dee-Dee is a character that Nash has created that I felt simultaneous waves of despair, disgust and empathy for, she's so complex and so much the victim of her world, upbringing and society.
- It's brutal!
- I was on a rollercoaster of emotions watching the despair Dee-Dee has trying & wanting to become a mum whilst surrounded by so much violence and a constant feeling of worthlessness when at the same time you are witness to her own violent behaviour.
- Sloane and Dee-Dee's past and present relationship is complex and lustful, there's a whole scene in their past that is very graphic, I will never forget it and it legit gave me Saltburn vibes (I loved that movie!)
- Given the nature of Dee-Dees job and another "incident", there is graphic animal torture in this book which jarred, in a pertinent way - why do we find that more disturbing than any of the violence towards humans? Even more so than the chickens she butchers every day? The author is making us reflect a lot on our feelings and perceptions.
- This book covers so much: desire for motherhood, the societal pressure and importance that is put onto women to become mothers, miscarriage, mental health, class, fundamentalist religion, familial connections, first loves and more...
- This book packs an absolute gut punch cleverly and intentionally.
- This story will stay with me for a good while after reading.
Horror fans, I highly recommend it! Just check out the content warnings!
[AD: thanks to VerveBooks for an advanced copy of this book!]
📕 Deliver Me by Elle Nash
📕 Contemporary, literary horror, LGBTQ+ rep
📕 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
📕 Published 27 June
What's it about?
Dee-Dee, a hardened worker at a Missouri meatpacking plant, grapples with a brutal job and a deep longing for motherhood. After suffering miscarriages, she finally becomes pregnant and clings to the hope of a complete life. However, her past choices, including leaving a strict Pentecostal church and an unstable boyfriend, complicate her present. With her mother's judgmental calls and a childhood friend's return stirring old desires, Dee-Dee navigates the challenges of pregnancy while fearing she might lose it all again.
What did I think?
- Wow this was my first book by Nash and it won't be my last, their ability to shock with purpose was outstanding.
- Dee-Dee is a character that Nash has created that I felt simultaneous waves of despair, disgust and empathy for, she's so complex and so much the victim of her world, upbringing and society.
- It's brutal!
- I was on a rollercoaster of emotions watching the despair Dee-Dee has trying & wanting to become a mum whilst surrounded by so much violence and a constant feeling of worthlessness when at the same time you are witness to her own violent behaviour.
- Sloane and Dee-Dee's past and present relationship is complex and lustful, there's a whole scene in their past that is very graphic, I will never forget it and it legit gave me Saltburn vibes (I loved that movie!)
- Given the nature of Dee-Dees job and another "incident", there is graphic animal torture in this book which jarred, in a pertinent way - why do we find that more disturbing than any of the violence towards humans? Even more so than the chickens she butchers every day? The author is making us reflect a lot on our feelings and perceptions.
- This book covers so much: desire for motherhood, the societal pressure and importance that is put onto women to become mothers, miscarriage, mental health, class, fundamentalist religion, familial connections, first loves and more...
- This book packs an absolute gut punch cleverly and intentionally.
- This story will stay with me for a good while after reading.
Horror fans, I highly recommend it! Just check out the content warnings!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy
hollywobble's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
chubbyboof's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
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