Reading this felt like being trapped in a Lynchian nightmare.

It's hard to review this book without spoiling it, and it's better to read it without knowing anything about it. So if you're curious about the book, stop reading the review and go find yourself a copy. It's slim but elusive.

All my thoughts are largely disjointed but here are some things I can't stop thinking about:
- while she likely doesn't exist at all, I'd love to read a short story from her perspective
- seriously, there is so much fodder for feminist analysis of this nightmare
- we love an unreliable narrator trapped in his own mind
- the layering!! The repetition!!!
- how many characters are in this book? One, two, five, a dozen? Who knows!!!! Not the narrator!!
- reading this feels like being trapped in a hall of funhouse mirrors and desperately needing to find the way out

Recommended if you enjoy haunting writing, novellas with interesting non-linear architecture, and can handle being trapped in the mind of a raging misogynist.

More thoughts here: https://youtu.be/CQjXPtxuYVo