I found the story really enjoyable and classic suspenseful Gillian Flynn writing but I wish it was more novella length, it was very short 

Overhyped I fear... The first 50 pages I was like ok you've lost me I was so bored and it doesn't really change the rest of the book, the story just gets more interesting. One of the bleakest books I've probably ever read and NOTHING is explained there is no background whatsoever. I finished it and I was just like what was the point... 💔

"The seven years' difference in our ages lay between us like a chasm: I wondered if these years would ever operate between us as a bridge. I was remembering, and it made it hard to catch my breath, that I had been there when he was born; and I had heard the first words he had ever spoken. When he started to walk, he walked from our mother straight to me. I caught him just before he fell when he took the first steps he ever took in this world." 

James Baldwin is almost tooo good at prose, what a beautiful homage to brotherhood, race, life and music💙

I liked it, but definitely preferred "Things We Lost in the Fire" - these stories felt a lot more abrupt, less uncanny/scary atmosphere. I'm still intrigued tho so🤷maybe it's because I audiobooked it?

I really enjoyed this loosely connected anthology of essays, speeches, and interviews. Angela Davis insightful as always, and the audiobook narrated by her made it even better‼️ I would say it's more revolving around collective activism and the prison industrial complex than specifically the events in Ferguson or Palestine, but still great either way

Reread of one of my favorite splatter and Judith Sonnet books, the shock factor still holds up I needed this pallete cleanser


Original review: My favorite from this author so far! the writing felt a lot stronger + having an editor definitely helped

Woah... I loved this sm I think it's def a new favorite💗I can't believe this is a debut, it's so complexly written and the characters😭😭🤌🤌so amazing and their relationships to each other and the different POVs and the flashbacks and the ending!! I love a book that's about another book but I found I was more engaged with the Death-Speak or family flashback sequences, and I wanted more Zee content🥲

So willing to look past the parts that lagged for me or the big convinces the plot hinged on because the rest... Was so worth it 4.5 ⭐

The romance plot was the strongest part of this for me, love a good revenge story and it was so gay!! Very solid extreme horror book, exceeded my expectations🫡I need the 2nd one neowww

Everything she said pretty much rang true for me... I really liked how she added a lot about patriarchy negatively affects men, and feminism can help move towards a future where those values/norms don't exist. I think she conveniently leaves out sometimes the extent to which men commit violent crimes, and how we treat men/women who commit violent crimes. The sections on single motherhood and sons were also interesting! Would recommend/reread🩷