A review by mi_chellewong
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the most gut-wrenching book i’ve read in a really long time. this book actually insane.
turtle’s stockholm syndrome combined with the utter terror of a monster that is her father make this book so incredibly terrifying and sad
and yet i could not put it down because i needed to know that turtle would be okay. the way tallent writes turtle’s thoughts and how she
begins to reshape her beliefs
is so beautifully and tragically done. the two things i would say about this book- i feel like the last chapter was missing something. maybe it’s my own want for a tidy ending but even then it felt like it left too many things unsaid. also, what high schooler talks like brett and jacob do 😭
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