'Daddy Issues' is a self-less exploration of the role of the father in contemporary culture. I really liked the puncturing insights Katherine Angel makes regarding, not just the male gaze, but the father's. By including Donald Trump's comments about his daughter Ivanka – his inappropriate claims on her 'amazing' body and how if he wasn't her father he'd be dating her – Angel highlights the flippancy of the patriachy.

It feels like a book Daddy's (bad daddy's) should read, but. they won't. Instead it's a thoughtful book for thoughtful people. You'd have to put an advert in the middle of a Celtic game for my dad to maybe take account for his (he doesn't have any) issues. I guess that's the thing, Daddy Issues is a female thing. My brother never got told he had 'Daddy Issues,' it was me, my sister.

At the close of the essay Angel writes beautifully about the power of writing. Though the art of writing she is able to fully realise herself. Made even more impactful because the book is empty of her ego. We learn how the author cherishes the experience of writing as being solely her own, yet the book is illuminating a bigger question, one society should (would) like to understand more about: "Is it possible to get rid of the father, or is he forever internalised?" 71

A book to read now and again and again.