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A gutsy piece of writing. Both realistic and experimental at the same time. Not for the faint of heart but, for me, a terrific piece of literature.

Thematically this should be perfect for me, and the premise was both interesting and promising. Sadly the story, for me, drowned in all the creative use of adjectives, similies and too much alliterations.

Visceral, unique, poetic prose was appreciated at the beginning but soon became confusing. I still do not understand what was metaphorical and what actually happened, and do not understand the ending either. Some very graphic scenes horrified me. I do, however, applaud Glass for attempting to raise awareness around sexual abuse and other taboo topics. Trigger warning for sexual abuse, animal abuse, murder, and possible cannibalism(?)

i love toast. i love love sensibly-sized jars of nutella. i love love LOVE this book so far! I'm hooked on the visceral prose...

Book 12: I love what she's done with language here - making the words become almost part of the healing process the narrator is undertaking as she tries to piece together memory and experience and carrying on as normal. It's an hour long read, pacy and engrossing - and novella is ideal for this kind of hard hitting subject. While not venturing too far into new territory, I'm I trigger to read more after this debut.

Hm. A short thing I've read recently was Peach, but I don't know of I'd recommend it as it was gross. Neil Gaiman's Smoke & Mirrors is pretty great, if you haven't read it!

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#inbetween @rachelo

What. I'm torn between feeling like this was mocking rape victims or not being about rape at all (but an elaborate analogy for being a vegetarian). The imagery here is visceral and gross. I don't easily get grossed out, but some parts guys. I hate to bash on a first novel. This was weird and maybe in an alternate universe? Or in somebody's psychosis?

I don't like to not like a book, but this book left me feeling lost! Like the author was saying something frightfully clever, but didn't really want to tell you. The book has some alarming content (rape, murder, cannibalism, death), but it is so abstract that you constantly doubt that what you are reading is real. And I very much doubt that there really was a man made of custard, so I tended to doubt everything! Which rather spoilt my enjoyment.

I can see why this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I loved it. Not really a novel, it's its own strange new thing. It reads like prose poetry, stream of consciousness, word association, and some deeply weird allegory. The subject matter, a young woman dealing with the after effects of a brutal sexual assault, is not easy, but most of the details are abstract enough that I didn't feel overwhelmed by it. I was just hypnotized by the whole thing.

I randomly picked this off the new release shelf at the library today. Didn't read the description, just saw a blurb from George Saunders on the front and decided to give it a go. Happened to be the closest book to me when the kid fell asleep, so I decided to read a few pages. 30 pages later I am confused, disturbed, and hooked.

Ummmmm...hmmmmm...*opens mouth* *pauses* Definite trigger warnings as it is about the aftermath of a brutal sexual assault and it opens with it. Ummm...hmmm... The writing is almost dreamlike with tiny, short sentences that blend together. Ummm...It gets a bit weird as there is cannibalism in this book. I don‘t mind weird books and it almost hit The Vegetarian level, but it was too much even for me. My first pan...sorry

#NuYear #Weareglass Another from my TBR today... This super original novel has been compared to Max Porter and Eimar McBride.... I loved ‘Grief is a thing with feathers‘ so I‘m going to give this one a try....
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2.5/5🍑. Did not care for it. I admire the author for the writing style but the story was graphic and unbelievable. The story being graphic was not the issue but some of the signs portrayed were too unbelievable for a girl that had just been sexually assaulted.

More like a 96-page poem than a novel, Peach is a visceral and surreal stream-of-consciousness narrative about a woman who has just experienced a horrific sexual assault.

The imagery is vivid, abstract, gruesome and harrowing. Glass plays around a lot with language, including lots of alliteration and repetition. It was not what I was expecting, and the prose style honestly didn't really work for me.

An eclectic stack is the best kind of stack.

I am whizzing through the ebooks this week - Lullaby, Sing, Unburied, Sing and The Reservoir Tapes. All picks :-) Starting this one tonight...

Just booked a ticket for this!

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One night, Peach is assaulted on her way home. Her attacker continues to stalk her and her body begins to change in undeniable and strange ways as she struggles with the secret.

This is a hard book to review. The prose is unique and for as real as the situation of assault is, the world is absurd (think Bender meets Christopher Durang). Thin book, debut literary. Not for everyone and TW for sexual assault.

#ARC from #NetGalley, out late January.