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A Carnivore’s Inquiry by Sabina Murray
“This is what exploration had opened up the door to. Not only widespread slaughter, but the necessary accompaniment of gorging.” Unapologetically solipsistic and deeply manipulative, Katherine, the central character of A Carnivore’s Inquiry, makes for an awful human being and a deeply entertaining narrator. A predecessor to Ottessa Moshfegh and Mona Awad’s protagonists, and many…
1st pov, 2000s, 4 STARS, A Carnivore's Inquiry, A Carnivore's Inquiry by Sabina Murray, Adult, affairs, age gap, ALIENATION, ambiguous protagonist, ambivalent mood, America, ART/CREATIVITY, books about writers, cannibalism, cheating, class, cold tone, colonialism, Contemporary, dark, dark humor, desire, ennui, female authors, feverish, filipino american author, GOTHIC, history, HORROR, introspective, Italy, LITERARY FICTION, literary references, madness, maine, Mexico, modern gothic, MURDER, MYSTERY, navel gazing, NEW YORK, no plot just vibes, otherness, PRIVILEGE, psychological, Psychological thriller, psychopaths, published in 2004, read in 2023, rich people, road trip, Sabina Murray, satire, self-destructive, serial killers, she is dangerous, she is not feeling good at all, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, SUSPENSE, terrific prose, the female malaise, travel, unreliable narrators, violence, womanhood/femininity -
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
“Mom had no money, and I knew better than to look. What money she ever came into she blew. Money—it was everywhere but nowhere.” Over the last few years, I have developed a certain fondness for collections of interlinked short stories, especially when they focus on the same character or various members of the same…
1st pov, addiction, Adult, America, AMERICAN AUTHOR, boyhood, collection of short stories, coming of age, Contemporary, curses, DEATH, family, GRIEF, gritty realism, growing up, HORROR, illness, indigenous, indigenous author, interconnected stories, LITERARY FICTION, MAGICAL REALISM, maine, male authors, Morgan Talty, native american & first nation, Native American & First Nation authors, Penobscot author, Poverty, published in 2022, read in 2022, reservations, short stories, siblings, snapshots, social issues, toxic relationships, trauma -
The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton
this is my fault. i should know by now that titles claiming to have dark academia or sapphic vibes should be approached with extreme caution. DISCLAIMER: I did not like this book and my review reflects of that. I will be brutally honest about my thoughts on this novel so if you want to read…
1 STAR, 3rd pov, academia, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ANGST, boarding/private school, BOOK REVIEW, BOOK REVIEWS, Booklr, books about writers, cheesy, Christianity, cliques, Contemporary, dark academia, drama, eating disorders, f/f side, female authors, horrible friends, lesbian side characters, Longing, maine, MELODRAMA, music, My reviews, MYSTERY, obsession, philosophical, published in 2022, queer, read in 2022, reading, Religion, sex, SEXUALITY, SUSPENSE, Tara Isabella Burton, teen angst, The World Cannot Give, toxic relationships, unrequited love, weak prose, weak worldbuilding -
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell — book review
“I think we’re very similar, Nessa,” he whispers. “From the way you write, I can tell you’re a dark romantic like me. You like dark things.” Recently I read a nonfiction book which claimed that when reading a book “However you get it, you’ve got it right”. When I read those words I found them…
3 STARS, ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, Adult, all of the trigger warnings, America, American, AMERICAN AUTHOR, boarding/private school, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, dark, distressing reads, female authors, hyped releases, Kate Elizabeth Russell, LOLITA, maine, MEMORY, mental health, My Dark Vanessa, netgalley, Pedophelia, published in 2020, rape, READ IN 2019, sexual assault/abuse/rape, SEXUALITY, subject over characters/story, trauma, VLADIMIR NABOKOV
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