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A review by balfies
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Tàr by way of Fleabag in the mode of Normal People - but bad.
Jena is a former child prodigy, one of the best violinists in the world, using vacuous and hardcore sex to fill the vicious void at the core of her being. Cyclical meditations on the interplay between genius, gender, race, and bodily autonomy set between Sydney and New York in 2016.
Found myself wanting a lot more from this. It engrossed me in the way that all self destructive female characters do, but was both obstructively obvious at some points and too vague in others. I really do have a soft spot for books set in Sydney though, and while it's usually nice to read literature by and about Asian women I do like that literature to be... good.
Jena is a former child prodigy, one of the best violinists in the world, using vacuous and hardcore sex to fill the vicious void at the core of her being. Cyclical meditations on the interplay between genius, gender, race, and bodily autonomy set between Sydney and New York in 2016.
Found myself wanting a lot more from this. It engrossed me in the way that all self destructive female characters do, but was both obstructively obvious at some points and too vague in others. I really do have a soft spot for books set in Sydney though, and while it's usually nice to read literature by and about Asian women I do like that literature to be... good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Rape