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Boy Parts
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bookshelves: literary-fiction, non-ya, lgbt-plus, 3-and-a-half-stars, recommend, mystery-thriller-horror-etc, reviewed
Mar 03, 2022
bookshelves: literary-fiction, non-ya, lgbt-plus, 3-and-a-half-stars, recommend, mystery-thriller-horror-etc, reviewed
i'm a simple girl. i see my friend five star a book, i read that book.
and my response to this one can be summed up in 1 word:
ACK!!!
this is the final boss of unreliable narrators. if you've been reading a lot of lit fic about unlikable women lately (and it's all i know how to read), and you've been able to separate characters from your feelings about them (and that is one of my few skills), and you know the narrator is not the author (something i am aware of, usually), then you might. MIGHT! be prepared for this one.
maybe.
personally i wish i had training wheels. and less gore. but i'm willing to admit my badass image is mostly just a projection.
bottom line: i love this book's genre more than i love this book.
and my response to this one can be summed up in 1 word:
ACK!!!
this is the final boss of unreliable narrators. if you've been reading a lot of lit fic about unlikable women lately (and it's all i know how to read), and you've been able to separate characters from your feelings about them (and that is one of my few skills), and you know the narrator is not the author (something i am aware of, usually), then you might. MIGHT! be prepared for this one.
maybe.
personally i wish i had training wheels. and less gore. but i'm willing to admit my badass image is mostly just a projection.
bottom line: i love this book's genre more than i love this book.
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rated it 4 stars
Oct 05, 2022 05:27PM
im still reading this one but honestly, im kinda loving it bc irina is the WORST but also so interesting to read?? but i totally get the training wheels bit. the whole thing with the tesco guy in the apartment got me pausing because ¡¿?! and yeah, i think i like more the style of the book than the book itself but i also kind of like the book. it's weird.
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Fio wrote: "im still reading this one but honestly, im kinda loving it bc irina is the WORST but also so interesting to read?? but i totally get the training wheels bit. the whole thing with the tesco guy in t..."i agree with this so much on how i felt about it !
i decided to ignore your review because i wanted to love this book but ofc you were right
Agreed with everything you said 🥹
jessy wrote: "i decided to ignore your review because i wanted to love this book but ofc you were right"i love and hate this for us
b wrote: "Agreed with everything you said 🥹"<3
