A review by amyglbarker
Bluebeard's Castle by Anna Biller

Did not finish book.

I came to this as an adoring fan of Biller’s ‘The Love Witch’, with huge respect for her approach to her craft in general. I still think she has one of the most unique eyes for cinema and narrative through visuals that I’ve come across, but this book was a letdown. It had all the trappings of everything I should love, but I barely got a few pages in before I gave up. The prose writing itself was poor: the sentences were basic (describing something as atmospheric is a cardinal sin) and the feminism sentiments felt straight out of tiktok. Such a terrible shame - this might have been my most anticipated book of the year. :(