A review by beforeyouandidie
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

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

5.0

all the stories were fantastic, but here’s my (controversial) ranking of them:

  1. especially heinous
  2. real women have bodies
  3. the husband stitch
  4. mothers
  5. the resident
  6. difficult at parties
  7. eight bites
  8. inventory