I really struggled with what to rate this book! It's 'a lot' for a variety of reasons. Given I typically avoid the blurb and reviews of books I'm going to read, I had zero clue where it was going so people who've read this book will know why the opening chapters took me by surprise! I wasn't sure how I felt about the content to start but I was definitely intrigued.

Ultimately, I think I needed more from this book: a little more plot, a little more character development, a little more explanation around certain actions, a little more of a why... Without this, especially without feeling super invested in the characters and their relationships, I felt like I was listening to certain things, that were meant to shock, surprise, or unsettle me, for the sake of it?

I can see why some love this book and I can see why some hate it. I think it had all of the ingredients to be a read that I personally found brilliant, but I'm not convinced by how Melissa Broder mixed them all up!