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Death Valley by Melissa Broder
4.5

Another wildly weird and hypnotic book by Melissa Broder. I read Milk Fed a few years ago and find that there is just something raw and visceral about her writing that I cannot look away from. There was probably a lot of metaphor and deeper meaning to many of the themes in this wild tale of a woman dealing with her father’s coma, her husband’s debilitating chronic illness, and having visions while stranded in the desert that went completely over my head. Regardless, I devoured it and found it accessible while also being provocative and unique. It’s pretty clear she is one of those love it or hate it writers. I firmly fall into the former and plan to backtrack and read The Pisces!