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Peach
Peach | Emma Glass
Introducing a dazzling new literary voice--a wholly original novel as groundbreaking as the works of Eimear McBride and Max Porter. Something has happened to Peach. Staggering around the town streets in the aftermath of an assault, Peach feels a trickle of blood down her legs, a lingering smell of her anonymous attacker on her skin. It hurts to walk, but she manages to make her way to her home, where she stumbles into another oddly nightmarish reality: Her parents can't seem to comprehend that anything has happened to their daughter. The next morning, Peach tries to return to the routines of her ordinary life, going to classes, spending time with her boyfriend, Green, trying to find comfort in the thought of her upcoming departure for college. And yet, as Peach struggles through the next few days, she is stalked by the memories of her unacknowledged trauma. Sleeping is hard when she is haunted by the glimpses of that stranger's gaping mouth. Working is hard when her assailant's rancid smell still fills her nostrils. Eating is impossible when her stomach is swollen tight as a drum. Though she tries to close her eyes to what has happened, Peach at last begins to understand the drastic, gruesome action she must take. In this astonishing debut, Emma Glass articulates the unspeakable with breathtaking verve. Intensely physical, with rhythmic, visceral prose, Peach marks the arrival of a visionary new voice.
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onebigshoe
Peach | Emma Glass
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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.

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Silje
Peach | Emma Glass
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Panpan

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.

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edennugget
Peach | Emma Glass
Panpan

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(?)

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edennugget
Peach | Emma Glass
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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...

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rachelwill
Peach | Emma Glass
Mehso-so

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.

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night_shift
Peach | Emma Glass
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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!

Thanks for the giveaway!! 😀

#inbetween @rachelo

rockpools Thanks for entering! Wasn't aware of either of these - I'll def look out 7y
night_shift @rachelo Gaiman's other short story collection, Fragile Things, is good too but not as good as the one I mentioned. You're welcome! 7y
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night_shift
Peach | Emma Glass
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Panpan

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?

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AmyLarge
Peach | Emma Glass
Panpan

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.

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NerdyRev
Peach | Emma Glass
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Panpan

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

L_auren Thanks; skipping 7y
NerdyRev @L_auren Good idea. If curious, library it as it is only 96 pages too. 7y
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KarenUK
Peach | Emma Glass
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#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....
Thanks for another wonderful photo challenge playlist lovely ladies 😘👍📚💕

Cinfhen 😘😘😘thanks for joining in 7y
TrishB I love that cover ❤️ 7y
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RedbagReadbooks
Peach | Emma Glass
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Mehso-so

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.

Alfoster Agreed! It was hard to read and painful at times!😳 7y
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mauveandrosysky
Peach | Emma Glass
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Mehso-so

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.

Notafraidofwords Hmmm. This is getting off my list. 7y
saresmoore Yikes. 7y
jhod It was a 4 star for me, some of it didn't work but I think it worth reading just for some of the wonderful plays on language that do. 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I like prose like this, even if it‘s a little challenging for me. Stacked! 7y
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kattykattykins
Peach | Emma Glass
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An eclectic stack is the best kind of stack.

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

Cathythoughts Peach sounds interesting! Will look out for your review 👍🏻 7y
jhod @Cathythoughts It's quite graphic/full on. There's a sexual assault described on page 1 and a lot of sick! The writing is really interesting though! And it's short... 7y
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jhod
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rachelm
Peach | Emma Glass
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Mehso-so

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.