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A review by memydogandbooks
Deliver Me by Elle Nash
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It's a brutal, disturbing, wild, female-centred literary horror with great LGBTQ+ rep and Saltburn vibes 😯
[AD: thanks to VerveBooks for an advanced copy of this book!]
📕 Deliver Me by Elle Nash
📕 Contemporary, literary horror, LGBTQ+ rep
📕 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
📕 Published 27 June
What's it about?
Dee-Dee, a hardened worker at a Missouri meatpacking plant, grapples with a brutal job and a deep longing for motherhood. After suffering miscarriages, she finally becomes pregnant and clings to the hope of a complete life. However, her past choices, including leaving a strict Pentecostal church and an unstable boyfriend, complicate her present. With her mother's judgmental calls and a childhood friend's return stirring old desires, Dee-Dee navigates the challenges of pregnancy while fearing she might lose it all again.
What did I think?
- Wow this was my first book by Nash and it won't be my last, their ability to shock with purpose was outstanding.
- Dee-Dee is a character that Nash has created that I felt simultaneous waves of despair, disgust and empathy for, she's so complex and so much the victim of her world, upbringing and society.
- It's brutal!
- I was on a rollercoaster of emotions watching the despair Dee-Dee has trying & wanting to become a mum whilst surrounded by so much violence and a constant feeling of worthlessness when at the same time you are witness to her own violent behaviour.
- Sloane and Dee-Dee's past and present relationship is complex and lustful, there's a whole scene in their past that is very graphic, I will never forget it and it legit gave me Saltburn vibes (I loved that movie!)
- Given the nature of Dee-Dees job and another "incident", there is graphic animal torture in this book which jarred, in a pertinent way - why do we find that more disturbing than any of the violence towards humans? Even more so than the chickens she butchers every day? The author is making us reflect a lot on our feelings and perceptions.
- This book covers so much: desire for motherhood, the societal pressure and importance that is put onto women to become mothers, miscarriage, mental health, class, fundamentalist religion, familial connections, first loves and more...
- This book packs an absolute gut punch cleverly and intentionally.
- This story will stay with me for a good while after reading.
Horror fans, I highly recommend it! Just check out the content warnings!
[AD: thanks to VerveBooks for an advanced copy of this book!]
📕 Deliver Me by Elle Nash
📕 Contemporary, literary horror, LGBTQ+ rep
📕 4.5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
📕 Published 27 June
What's it about?
Dee-Dee, a hardened worker at a Missouri meatpacking plant, grapples with a brutal job and a deep longing for motherhood. After suffering miscarriages, she finally becomes pregnant and clings to the hope of a complete life. However, her past choices, including leaving a strict Pentecostal church and an unstable boyfriend, complicate her present. With her mother's judgmental calls and a childhood friend's return stirring old desires, Dee-Dee navigates the challenges of pregnancy while fearing she might lose it all again.
What did I think?
- Wow this was my first book by Nash and it won't be my last, their ability to shock with purpose was outstanding.
- Dee-Dee is a character that Nash has created that I felt simultaneous waves of despair, disgust and empathy for, she's so complex and so much the victim of her world, upbringing and society.
- It's brutal!
- I was on a rollercoaster of emotions watching the despair Dee-Dee has trying & wanting to become a mum whilst surrounded by so much violence and a constant feeling of worthlessness when at the same time you are witness to her own violent behaviour.
- Sloane and Dee-Dee's past and present relationship is complex and lustful, there's a whole scene in their past that is very graphic, I will never forget it and it legit gave me Saltburn vibes (I loved that movie!)
- Given the nature of Dee-Dees job and another "incident", there is graphic animal torture in this book which jarred, in a pertinent way - why do we find that more disturbing than any of the violence towards humans? Even more so than the chickens she butchers every day? The author is making us reflect a lot on our feelings and perceptions.
- This book covers so much: desire for motherhood, the societal pressure and importance that is put onto women to become mothers, miscarriage, mental health, class, fundamentalist religion, familial connections, first loves and more...
- This book packs an absolute gut punch cleverly and intentionally.
- This story will stay with me for a good while after reading.
Horror fans, I highly recommend it! Just check out the content warnings!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy