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A review by mooshake
Rouge by Mona Awad
dark
emotional
slow-paced
4.0
listen…should this have been a 250-300 page book at most? yes. was the detective subplot unnecessary? yes. was the tom cruise thing, even though i understand the significance of it, silly as fuck? yes.
and yet! i made it to the climax and my brain finally started picking up what mona awad was putting down. maybe it's because i love explorations of grief and complicated parent relationships, as well as being a whore for anything fairytale adjacent- but the ending really touched me AND i had a ball pondering the symbolism afterwards in a way that i have not done with most of the books i’ve read this year. i don’t know how exactly but i came away really appreciating what this book did with its themes.
if i had read rouge before bunny i might’ve rated it higher, bunny is the better-crafted novel hands down. but i still have a soft spot for rouge in spite of myself. never underestimate the power of something tapping into your own damage i guess lol.
i do wish mona awad picked any other celebrity tho 😭
and yet! i made it to the climax and my brain finally started picking up what mona awad was putting down. maybe it's because i love explorations of grief and complicated parent relationships, as well as being a whore for anything fairytale adjacent- but the ending really touched me AND i had a ball pondering the symbolism afterwards in a way that i have not done with most of the books i’ve read this year. i don’t know how exactly but i came away really appreciating what this book did with its themes.
if i had read rouge before bunny i might’ve rated it higher, bunny is the better-crafted novel hands down. but i still have a soft spot for rouge in spite of myself. never underestimate the power of something tapping into your own damage i guess lol.
i do wish mona awad picked any other celebrity tho 😭