Content Warning: Body Horror, Self Harm, Drowning, Racisms, Violence, Mentions of AIDs and Adult/Child Relationships.

Finishing this book, left me feeling empty in a way that is difficult to explain. It was such an oddly fantastical and harrowing journey. Following Vern as she grows into herself is intensely interesting and often times heart wrenching as she tries to be a good mother, and to also come to terms with what she is.

This books reflection of Gender interested me quite a bit, its laissez faire attitude brought me so much joy as someone who does not feel like they fit within the binary. It is something I haven't really seen in other books I've read.

While I enjoyed this book, their was a part where I had to put it down (pause the audiobook) because I had been trying to eat some ice cream, and the depictions of body horror paired with food were not a good pair.
Outside of trying to eat, I did often find the cause of the body horror, to be incredibly intriguing and unique.