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A review by justagremlin
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This, in my opinion, is a great example of “weird girl fiction”. It’s a very trippy book that takes you on a journey and you don’t really know where it leads until the end. But the plot twist is EXPERTLY set up in my opinion. This entire book makes you furrow your eyebrows more and more until it all makes sense.
The prose was extremely pretty and, despite the disturbing parts of this book, the audiobook narrator has the perfect calm voice to narrate the MCs thoughts. I will say there is one point in the book that for me its a bit confusing, but I’m also still digesting this book as I type
Recommend for: Weird Girl Fiction lovers who want religious imagery meets Stepford Suburbia
4/5
The prose was extremely pretty and, despite the disturbing parts of this book, the audiobook narrator has the perfect calm voice to narrate the MCs thoughts. I will say there is one point in the book that for me its a bit confusing, but I’m also still digesting this book as I type
Recommend for: Weird Girl Fiction lovers who want religious imagery meets Stepford Suburbia
4/5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Murder
Domestic Abuse/Misogyny/Toxic Relationship: MC is treated like an object her husband owns
Murder:The husband has had several wives and kills them when he finds them imperfect. He then keeps mementos around the house
Religious Imagery: The big twist of the book is that the husband is Adam and all the previous women he's married were precursors to Eve