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A review by befsk
Almost Love by Louise O'Neill
4.0
Every time you almost start to like the main character, the author reminds you that she's a shitty person. It's fantastic writing, because despite this, I still want to keep reading. The guy - Matthew - is completely repulsive though, but you can understand why Sarah would like him, if only in part because she's the awful person that she is.
This is a criminally difficult book to read, in two ways. Firstly, the normal way, in that it's very slow and not a lot happens. Secondly and more importantly though, it's hard to read because it sheds an intense light on being a woman. Being in desperate need of validation and love. Being a shitty person sometimes.
I cried. I highlighted a lot of passages that I immediately felt in my bones.
I feel like this an important book for a lot of women.
Received this ARC through Netgalley.
This is a criminally difficult book to read, in two ways. Firstly, the normal way, in that it's very slow and not a lot happens. Secondly and more importantly though, it's hard to read because it sheds an intense light on being a woman. Being in desperate need of validation and love. Being a shitty person sometimes.
I cried. I highlighted a lot of passages that I immediately felt in my bones.
I feel like this an important book for a lot of women.
Received this ARC through Netgalley.