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thebobsphere's review
3.0
After enjoying Mothers Don’t I can see clearly 3Times Rebel Press, not only publish books by women who write in minority languages but are also are taking literary tropes and giving them a fresh angle. Mother’s Don’t looked motherhood in a unique way. I’ll Do Anything You Want does the same with another topic.
I am not a fan of novels which have adultery has a main plot. I tend to find it boring as it leads to repetition : one person first finding an affair exciting then as it deepens, it leads to bouncing around many lovers. I’ll Do Anything… starts off like this but then goes off on to different routes.
The narrator, Nora, consensually has her breasts squeezed in an airplane by a man nicknamed Nacho and this sets off a chain of events, Nora yo-yos through doubt, regret and fidelity of her husband of 25 years. As Nora delves further into the affair she experiments with being a sex worker and the book continues to explore the psychological effects of this situation.
By the book’s conclusion Nora knows what to do and she breaks free. In the novel’s blurb Nora is compared to Alice in Lewis Carroll’s book and it is reminiscent of Alice overcoming the Jabberwocky and waking up to reality.
Did I like the book? to be honest, the theme is not my thing but I definitely do admire it and I liked the directions and intertextuality of the themes. I’ll Do Anything You Want is a rich novel but, for me, it’s not a story I could embrace fully.
I am not a fan of novels which have adultery has a main plot. I tend to find it boring as it leads to repetition : one person first finding an affair exciting then as it deepens, it leads to bouncing around many lovers. I’ll Do Anything… starts off like this but then goes off on to different routes.
The narrator, Nora, consensually has her breasts squeezed in an airplane by a man nicknamed Nacho and this sets off a chain of events, Nora yo-yos through doubt, regret and fidelity of her husband of 25 years. As Nora delves further into the affair she experiments with being a sex worker and the book continues to explore the psychological effects of this situation.
By the book’s conclusion Nora knows what to do and she breaks free. In the novel’s blurb Nora is compared to Alice in Lewis Carroll’s book and it is reminiscent of Alice overcoming the Jabberwocky and waking up to reality.
Did I like the book? to be honest, the theme is not my thing but I definitely do admire it and I liked the directions and intertextuality of the themes. I’ll Do Anything You Want is a rich novel but, for me, it’s not a story I could embrace fully.
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