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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
I didn’t like this at all. The writing style didn’t suit me and the narrator of the audiobook sounded like she didn’t care what was happening either so why should I? 😮💨
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
In this novel, we follow “The Child” as she is imprisoned in a cell with 39 other women who she doesn’t know. She was a child when they were brought here; never having any family around her she doesn’t know whether she even has a name.
Years later, when “the child” is now a teenager - the guards who were in charge of keeping them alive yet idle as prisoners all mysteriously flee when a siren within the unit sounds. Luckily for the women, they manage to escape.. to a whole new kind of purgatory.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I enjoyed that there were so many unanswered questions, they didn’t feel like it was because the author didn’t know herself - but more like we were existing with the women who were facing such a hellish fate.
In this dystopian novel, we don’t know if they are even on planet earth and I feel like the fact that the main character had no name almost made it all the more impactful.
There was a sense of unease the entire time, like we were waiting for something that never seemed to come.. which I feel really worked in this context but definitely wouldn’t in others.
I also really enjoyed hearing about how “the child” had developed differently in her secondary sex characteristics in a world ‘without men’.
Overall, I don’t think this will be for everyone however the prose was beautiful and created a very interesting narrative. I really thoroughly enjoyed the unique feel of storytelling.
Years later, when “the child” is now a teenager - the guards who were in charge of keeping them alive yet idle as prisoners all mysteriously flee when a siren within the unit sounds. Luckily for the women, they manage to escape.. to a whole new kind of purgatory.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I enjoyed that there were so many unanswered questions, they didn’t feel like it was because the author didn’t know herself - but more like we were existing with the women who were facing such a hellish fate.
In this dystopian novel, we don’t know if they are even on planet earth and I feel like the fact that the main character had no name almost made it all the more impactful.
There was a sense of unease the entire time, like we were waiting for something that never seemed to come.. which I feel really worked in this context but definitely wouldn’t in others.
I also really enjoyed hearing about how “the child” had developed differently in her secondary sex characteristics in a world ‘without men’.
Overall, I don’t think this will be for everyone however the prose was beautiful and created a very interesting narrative. I really thoroughly enjoyed the unique feel of storytelling.
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
5.0
*exhale* Damn.
What an incredible book. The pacing was incredible, enough characterisation of each of the lovers to understand their own personalities and what made them unique.
I loved it so much that I listened to the first 3/4’s of the book as an audiobook and had to get the eBook to read the last 1/4 along with the audio.
I loved it so much.
What an incredible book. The pacing was incredible, enough characterisation of each of the lovers to understand their own personalities and what made them unique.
I loved it so much that I listened to the first 3/4’s of the book as an audiobook and had to get the eBook to read the last 1/4 along with the audio.
I loved it so much.