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A review by micareads123
Beast Mom by Kim Imas
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is a book for moms with feminine rage.
When Harry Lime, a wife and mom of three, gets fed up with the mistreatment and underappreciation of women in her community, her rage transforms her into something terrifying and unrecognizable: a beast.
This was an overall enjoyable read. I liked the idea of the premise, and the story ended up taking a direction I was not expecting, which near the end of the book had me reading compulsively to find out what happened. However, with its premise of a mom who is so overcome with feminine rage that she literally turns into a giant beast, I was hoping that the plot would take me to weirder places than it did.
The book also tackles some important societal issues that are evidently very close to home for the author. Imas’s own rage comes through very clearly in her writing, making the book feel as though it was created as a form of catharsis for the writer.
One aspect that didn’t add up was that the book was written in the format of a memorandum to a (male) special agent. This gave the author reason to speak directly to a male audience, and she seemed to take pleasure in forcing this male audience to confront the female experience. This did not work for me for two reasons: first, the book contained far more detail than one would expect to see in a memorandum outlining a series of events, and second, this format makes it feel as though the book was written for the wrong audience. This is a book that will be enjoyed by moms seeking the catharsis of unleashing their inner feminine rage and, unfortunately, less so by men or other people who do not already understand the complex struggle of motherhood/womanhood.
The pacing of the book also felt, for the most part, quite slow, and the book probably could have done with some cuts to shorten it. But it really picked up in the final quarter and had me captivated until the end.
I would recommend this book to moms or other women who are feeling fed up with the burden of taking on extra responsibility or being overlooked because of their gender.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.
When Harry Lime, a wife and mom of three, gets fed up with the mistreatment and underappreciation of women in her community, her rage transforms her into something terrifying and unrecognizable: a beast.
This was an overall enjoyable read. I liked the idea of the premise, and the story ended up taking a direction I was not expecting, which near the end of the book had me reading compulsively to find out what happened. However, with its premise of a mom who is so overcome with feminine rage that she literally turns into a giant beast, I was hoping that the plot would take me to weirder places than it did.
The book also tackles some important societal issues that are evidently very close to home for the author. Imas’s own rage comes through very clearly in her writing, making the book feel as though it was created as a form of catharsis for the writer.
One aspect that didn’t add up was that the book was written in the format of a memorandum to a (male) special agent. This gave the author reason to speak directly to a male audience, and she seemed to take pleasure in forcing this male audience to confront the female experience. This did not work for me for two reasons: first, the book contained far more detail than one would expect to see in a memorandum outlining a series of events, and second, this format makes it feel as though the book was written for the wrong audience. This is a book that will be enjoyed by moms seeking the catharsis of unleashing their inner feminine rage and, unfortunately, less so by men or other people who do not already understand the complex struggle of motherhood/womanhood.
The pacing of the book also felt, for the most part, quite slow, and the book probably could have done with some cuts to shorten it. But it really picked up in the final quarter and had me captivated until the end.
I would recommend this book to moms or other women who are feeling fed up with the burden of taking on extra responsibility or being overlooked because of their gender.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.