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Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn
4.25

This will appeal if you enjoyed the insufferability (is that a word?) and tension of books like My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and Yellowface. As someone in recovery I had a visceral reaction to her attempts to rationalise and justify her addiction. The cycles of addiction like the bargaining and secrecy were so well-written. One of my niche interests is lesbian pulp novels so I thoroughly enjoyed all the references, and had read most of the pulp novels mentioned. I still don’t know how I felt about the ending, but overall enjoyed the book.