baguettekelly's reviews
229 reviews

As a great fan of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novels I liked this but did not love it.  Moshfegh’s most unique talent is writing the weirdest, nastiest character you’ve ever read about and getting you invested in them, and I fear there is not enough time in a short story for that to fully play out.  Her style still shines through and it’s a weird nasty read all the same.

I read this book to cross off a YA square on my city’s summer book bingo and it was cute!  Would’ve been all over it as a little Catholic school teen.

A freaky sexy thinker

Mona Awad could write a modern sadgirl magical realism take on the phone book and I would eat it up

Fun, accessible, and interesting read for me as a mostly clueless wine enjoyer.  I’m going to be sniffing everything for a while.

Ex Machina vibes

A violent, stirring, brutal, and curiously funny revenge story with great female characters and an immersive setting in an Indian village.  Not an easy read but worth the challenge.

Millie is the personification of every depressive urge