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A review by louamy999
Acts of Service: A Novel by Lillian Fishman
2.0
I let this book get returned to the library 3 times, until tonight I finally settled to read it and oh my lord - there’s a lot to unpack.
Nathan is ghastly and for a book which is meant to be centred on bisexuality , the power dynamic never quite stood being a bit grim for me. If you had a shot every time the word fucked is written down , you’d be in the hospital by the 1/4 mark.
I’m adding it to my list of books which think they’re so much profound than they actually are. We had the opportunity here to go over Eve’s dilemmas , her struggling with the in between with the exciting threesome dynamic with the man at the centre and the safety of her girlfriend , but there didn’t feel like there was enough agency here. While there was some good prose on sexuality , a lot of it focused on the mundane . I almost couldn’t drag myself away, despite coming away from the experience not really that satisfied - remind you of something?
Nathan is ghastly and for a book which is meant to be centred on bisexuality , the power dynamic never quite stood being a bit grim for me. If you had a shot every time the word fucked is written down , you’d be in the hospital by the 1/4 mark.
I’m adding it to my list of books which think they’re so much profound than they actually are. We had the opportunity here to go over Eve’s dilemmas , her struggling with the in between with the exciting threesome dynamic with the man at the centre and the safety of her girlfriend , but there didn’t feel like there was enough agency here. While there was some good prose on sexuality , a lot of it focused on the mundane . I almost couldn’t drag myself away, despite coming away from the experience not really that satisfied - remind you of something?