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A review by cajengirl
Animal: A Novel by Lisa Taddeo
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I listened to this on audio and I think the narration was very well done. I feel like this book was written for shock factor. There are a lot of really blunt discussions of sexual acts that I think are intended to shock the reader. There was a little mystery involved, and although I started to get exhausted by the never ending list of bad decisions made by the main character, I stuck around because I wanted to know the answers to the mysteries. All those questions are answered in the last couple of chapters and overall they were a little underwhelming. I had pretty much guessed everything. I almost expected a bigger shock based on the rest of the book so it was a little anti-climatic in the end.
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual content