wow- talk abt a book hangover - I've got one from staying up too late reading this, and I am also not quite ready yet
to move on to another story while these characters are still so alive in my mind - why ?

I think this provides a stinging female narrative perspective, similar to under the volcano, yet cloaked in genre tropes to make the medicine go down

the other story it reminded me of a bit was Roffey's white woman on the green bicycle.