![]() She enters a world of bullying, inadequate medical care, isolation and boredom. Something wild unites them all.Ĭassie is born with a knot, just like her mother and grandmother. ![]() If you decide to read this novel, or to read any of the others I'm mentioning here, I'd love for you to ping me with your review. I can't say whether this is a trend, or whether I'm simply attracted to these wild-and-musky-female-author-breaks-every-taboo type of novel right now, but all of these novels gave me the same mixed feeling of nausea & joyful release. After reading The Book of X I'm thinking I need a sub-shelf for unabashedly, bravely repulsive books, where I would give this novel a place of honor, along with recently read, much admired novels Three Plastic Rooms by Petra Hůlová, Feebleminded by Ariana Harwicz, and Ultraluminous by Katherine Faw. People who have followed me a while know I have a beloved shelf for what I call ruthless books. The story could well mean more than its superficial meanings, I'm open to it meaning more.something deeply feminist.something deep about the many indignities and pains suffered by any person living inside a female body.but even before I try to ruminate over any possible metaphorical meanings I am filled with admiration, with elation even, for Sarah Rose Etter, and for her clarity of vision, and for the way she dares to be this ruthless in her storytelling. ![]() This is ruthless, relentless, and visionary writing. A musky odor emanates from every sentence, and each word seems meticulously chosen to evoke, mm, something like sanguinarian, or even coprophilic pleasure.
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