A review by annahowell
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

5.0

I don’t even know why I am rating this book 5 stars, butI just am, you know? Despite Irina being a deeply unlikable character, I kind of loved her. The sudden murder had me shook, when from nowhere she had a man chopped up in binbags. Literal boy parts. I almost vomited reading this book with a migraine, but it turned out I was past the worst. I wish I was clever enough to truly unpick it, but I feel this book was a commentary on toxic masculinity and date culture / rape from a female perspective. Because Irina is so small, no one sees her as a threat. Yet she can destroy men both physically and mentally. What is art? Is hurting people for art ever acceptable- for some reason people buying Irina’s art seem to think that it is something to be applauded. I think I am rating 5 stars because I just won’t forget it in a hurry. It got me out of my rut of thriller type books with cliched characters and twists that just don’t shock. Not one I would recommend to mum though!