A review by karanextweek
Animal by Lisa Taddeo

dark emotional sad 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

3.25

I hated this book. I hated everything about it. Every single character annoyed the shit out of me. I hated the way it was written, even though my visceral hate from literally page 1 is proof that the writing is good.
Pretty much every type of SA/r*pe is covered in this book. It was a lot. I hated it. Am I mad I read it? Kinda. But I don’t regret it. Maybe I do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Misogyny, Addiction, Rape, Body horror, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Death, Pedophilia, and Self harm