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A review by victoriarad
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Made it about halfway and I just had to allow myself to call it quits. It was too gruesome, depressing, uncomfortable, every awful topic explored in this dark world we live in.
And I understand how some things are meant to make the reader uncomfortable but sitting there wincing, in pain, having a visceral reaction and feeling just plainly icky is not any kind of reading I want part in. Was it dang good writing? Yes. Effective? Yes. But not my taste at all. Life's too short to suffer through something that makes me sick.
And I understand how some things are meant to make the reader uncomfortable but sitting there wincing, in pain, having a visceral reaction and feeling just plainly icky is not any kind of reading I want part in. Was it dang good writing? Yes. Effective? Yes. But not my taste at all. Life's too short to suffer through something that makes me sick.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship