A review by rachelwhite539
Animal by Lisa Taddeo

3.0

The main character just didn’t feel like a human being. I absolutely recognise that she had experienced a lot of trauma in life, but she thought of nothing but sex and her awful past the entire time. I’m sure her trauma was pretty all-consuming but I wish we heard about her watching tv or listening to music or having any hobby that isn’t seducing and subsequently fucking men (not slut shaming. Like slay but also go read a book). Also whilst I love a dysfunctional female protagonist/narrator, can she not say “I am depraved. I hope you like me”??? That was so embarrassing for her. So in summation, her character fell flat for me because she didn’t have any interests (except being depraved and wanting to become a single mother…)