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avoticat's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I adored this book. It's an incredibly psychological look at motherhood and an exploration of the animal nature of humanity. It also feels like a criticism of white trad-wife ideology, although all alternative options of motherhood are presented as animalistic and heavily romanticised. It is very much and exploration from a set point-of-view and transformation as her perspective changes, but is not (in my opinion) supposed to be an all-encompasing analysis of motherhood.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Drug use and Misogyny
Minor: Mental illness, Excrement, and Alcohol
This is a book about a woman who turns into a dog and then spends the majority of the book in-between these states. There is violence towards animals, body horror, gore, and a fair amount of internal speculation on if this is really happening. There is also a MLM that sell herbs that have a drug-like effect.sadiaa's review against another edition
2.5
- Exploration into postpartum depression, isolation and loneliness, unequal division of labour and the resentment comes with it.
- Sally rooney-esque where she doesn't use quotation marks when characters are speaking to each other
- The main character isn't named, only called the mother or nightbitch
- Weird tangents
- Not what I was expecting, not for me
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Blood, and Gaslighting
sissizc's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
3.0
The writing is very rhythmic and easy to read. However, a cat gets killed and the main character, instead of redeeming herself ends up becoming more insufferable?
Which maybe is the point but my god does the last 1/3 of the book fall off.
Which maybe is the point but my god does the last 1/3 of the book fall off.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Blood
docchia's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Excrement, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
justacowboy's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I really don't know how to explain this book.
It's a story that you have to just take a deep breath and dive in. Its weird, raw, brutal, and honest. Showing not only the ups but the downs of motherhood and aging, while doing things that are ... yes strange, but also in a primal way you understand or can even relate to.
It's a story that you have to just take a deep breath and dive in. Its weird, raw, brutal, and honest. Showing not only the ups but the downs of motherhood and aging, while doing things that are ... yes strange, but also in a primal way you understand or can even relate to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Gore and Mental illness
Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, and Pregnancy
taurusfeelings's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Her sense that society, adulthood, marriage, motherhood, all these things, were somehow masterfully designed to put a woman in her place and keep her there—this idea had begun to weigh on her.
After reading about alter-egos this book was refreshing and innovative, and I learned a lot from it. There’s something about women escaping reality in the face of loneliness… The pacing is painfully slow but it doesn’t make it any less memorable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Sexism
rowanelisa's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, and Pregnancy
abicaro17's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book is real weird. Nightbitch is a former artist and current stay at home mom who is struggling to understand how stay at home moms stay sane without adult activities. As her husband is usually away during the week and unhelpful during the weekend, Nightbitch beings to imagine her attitude and temper is because she's turning into a dog. This book is dense. As 75% of the characters don't have names and the quarter that do are mostly named Jen, its a lot of third person narratives and pronouns. On top of the hard to keep track of characters, this book is feminist in a super cool and weird way but also so incredibly off putting. She is literally a "bitch" but she also doesn't care. Im not sure who I would recommend this too but I think with the right audience it would be a hit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
izypup's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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
4.75
“She likes the idea of being a dog, because she can bark and snarl and not have to justify it. She can run free if she wants. She can be a body and instinct and urge. She can be hunger and rage, thirst and fear, nothing more. She can revert to a pure, throbbing state.”
Really sums up the books purpose. I think it really exemplifies yearning. I also liked how the husband isn’t irredeemable nor the son. They’re both frustrating but with potential and the mom even discussed how she let them both get away with things (albeit out of exhaustion and not wanting to fight, etc.)
There is animal cruelty and one particularly graphic scene but there is a lot of lead up to that one. I saw someone else say call it shock value. I think it was pretty inevitable. She describes returning to base instincts at times-dog instincts- and licking her son clean, drinking from bowls, eating with her mouth, etc. she it seems obvious she would ‘hunt prey’. And there was so much foreshadowing to
The ending did fall flat for me which is mostly why it didn’t get 5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, and Violence
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism
n7n0's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
gripping, weird, enraging. laughed out loud at parts, cringed away at others. lots of emotion, ending didn’t catch me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail