A review by elderwoodreads
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The first two stories of this collection are 5 stars, the middle really lost me. I wanted to like the SVU story but it went on too long and the others confused me a bit. The last story was a solid 4.5. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, Grief, and Outing