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A review by shreyag
Animal by Lisa Taddeo
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
this book was a wild ride.
it was a slow start for me, there are a lot of questions as soon as you start that don't get answered right away and it’s a little frustrating.
but then i ended up reading most of it in one day (which i would not recommend). the book touches on a lot of heavy stuff: trauma, the suffocating male gaze, how the male gaze changes the way women have relationships with each other, daddy issues, mommy issues, the sexualization of women (and girls), and mostly the way men just fucking suck and women just deal with it.
definitely not for everybody, not even sure if it was for me, but im glad i read it.
it was a slow start for me, there are a lot of questions as soon as you start that don't get answered right away and it’s a little frustrating.
but then i ended up reading most of it in one day (which i would not recommend). the book touches on a lot of heavy stuff: trauma, the suffocating male gaze, how the male gaze changes the way women have relationships with each other, daddy issues, mommy issues, the sexualization of women (and girls), and mostly the way men just fucking suck and women just deal with it.
definitely not for everybody, not even sure if it was for me, but im glad i read it.