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A review by emilyrowanstudio
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Spooky, sexy, dark, dystopian, experimental, this short story collection about the reality of women's lives pushes the boundaries of what storytelling can be and I LOVED that ('Inventory' was literally a list of every person the narrator had ever slept with, yet also contained a plot about a global pandemic?!) I only wish i'd read the book rather than listened to the audio version as unfortunately some of the non-traditional modes of storytelling didn't lend themselves well to an audio version.
My fave stories were The Inventory, Real Women Have Bodies, Eighr Bites.