Reviews

Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls: Stories by Alissa Nutting

laurengarcia439's review

dark funny

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

etormey's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

mischabkits's review

funny

3.0

boba_n_books's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

An odd collection of stories that will make you reconsider life as we know it and the purpose of the way we inhabit our bodies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

tiggerrd's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

jasberrylibrary's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

read_nap_repeat's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted

3.0

daffypeach's review

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love anthologies, but I cannot say this book will stick with me after reading. Most of the stories are interesting, sure, but there feels like something is missing that you can’t quite find. I felt like stories were meant to have a deeper meaning, but finding where that could be was challenging, even more so with the levels of absurdism so high. 

I would recommend it as a quick read, with some fascinating stories. Especially for those wanting to dip their toes into some absurdist, strange, slightly experimental literature with little commitment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Infertility, Vomit, Abortion, Body horror, and Cancer

mayarelmahdy's review

3.0

3.5/5 maybe? I don't know for sure.

This book contains a bunch of weird stories. I usually like the magical realism thing so I rolled with it. I didn't find it so weird that it's good, though. It was plain weird for me.

killmah's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5