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A review by bozzi1
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
5.0
“Three little words…I. See. You.”
“Maeve, me too!”
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Well that was one fun and fucked up ride. I’m sure a lot of readers will hate the extreme violence, the sexual depravity and the characters with little to no redeeming qualities. That’s totally understandable. All the same, I love this book. I love the slow start where we simply get to know Maeve and how she views the world around her. I love when shit starts to go down and I love that it just keeps going.
Maeve Fly is a feminist anthem to American Psycho, Exquisite Corpse, The Story of the Eye, and Disney’s Frozen. It’s smart and funny, disgusting and a little sad. It’s the most I’ve enjoyed the thought of being a princess. From now on, anytime I hear Let It Go I’ll think of Maeve. I’ll think of curling irons, teeth, pipes, and rats…and I’ll smile.
Props to the narrator on this one too. The audiobook was excellent.
“He howls questions to me: Who are you? Why are you doing this? I didn’t do anything to anyone. I don’t deserve this. Why me? This is a failing of men. This same violence, applied to a woman, she does not ask why it is being inflicted upon her, she only struggles unsuccessfully to free herself and grieves the fact she has grieved her entire life, one that she understands fundamentally and innately. That violence simply occurs.”
“Maeve, me too!”
•
Well that was one fun and fucked up ride. I’m sure a lot of readers will hate the extreme violence, the sexual depravity and the characters with little to no redeeming qualities. That’s totally understandable. All the same, I love this book. I love the slow start where we simply get to know Maeve and how she views the world around her. I love when shit starts to go down and I love that it just keeps going.
Maeve Fly is a feminist anthem to American Psycho, Exquisite Corpse, The Story of the Eye, and Disney’s Frozen. It’s smart and funny, disgusting and a little sad. It’s the most I’ve enjoyed the thought of being a princess. From now on, anytime I hear Let It Go I’ll think of Maeve. I’ll think of curling irons, teeth, pipes, and rats…and I’ll smile.
Props to the narrator on this one too. The audiobook was excellent.
“He howls questions to me: Who are you? Why are you doing this? I didn’t do anything to anyone. I don’t deserve this. Why me? This is a failing of men. This same violence, applied to a woman, she does not ask why it is being inflicted upon her, she only struggles unsuccessfully to free herself and grieves the fact she has grieved her entire life, one that she understands fundamentally and innately. That violence simply occurs.”