Status Updates From My Apologies to Tanya Grace

Kinda lost with what’s happening but I’m still intrigued 👀

Is she a reliable narrator??
told by herin prologue that she has a tendency to lie
And told she’s not the heroine and will try to tell story using the facts

“I should get this last part out now, before I begin, so it is not so hard to admit later on.”
“For her sake, and my own sanity, I will do what I have not done for a very long time. I will try to be honest. Uncensored. Bad thoughts and all

Nonlinear -1st person narrative told by Protag Mallory Brennan

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“I am stalling. I have stalled for long enough. With the utmost regret, and sympathies in mind, I pen my apologies to Tanya Grace.”

“I should get this last part out now, before I begin, so it is not so hard to admit later on. I am not the heroine of this piece. I’m only the survivor.”-

“I’m not sure anyone deserves the injustice of having an outsider pen their tale for them. She would have told it better than I can—and not just because she lived it. She had a way with words. “

“It isn’t that she wants to hear my side of things. We both know it’s too late for that. I believe she wants to see how I’ll end the story. Will I concoct something to ease the pain of what transpired? Why not? I’ve lied before. Lies of omission have been chipping away at me for years, to the point that even I am unsure of what remains.”

“This is my book, my project. I could tell it how I want. In my own story, do I not deserve to be the heroine? She doesn’t believe I do. I don’t blame her. Whether she understands this or not, I have no desire to fabricate a cleaner version of what happened. I, like her, cannot bear the thought of shining on page where I had been so lackluster in life.”

recurrent Theme in Cat’s work
Questions about narrative ownership:
Who owns the story?
Who has the right to tell the story?
How should you tell your story?
Who should be telling a story?

-prologue the narrator is almost trying to convince herself that it’s ok for her to tell this story
Is it her story as much as it is Tanya?
Should Tanya be telling it? Why she can’t? Why narrator must be on to tell it

Ebook arc sent by author - loved her debut release so was very excited to get my hands on another book by her

Very different style -first person pov narrative told chronological and broken down into days