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Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
4.25
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm not normally as gripped by short stories as I was by these. Each of them was beautifully written, haunting, oddly relatable, in a fractured kind of way.

I wish the endings were more solidified though - I found that it felt like some of the stories didn't know when and how TO end.