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Weird/sad girl fiction that's written by a man?! More importantly, it isn't obvious that's it's written by a man. It is feeling very Jen Beagin-esque. I am loving this. The main character is so unlikable and is continually self sabotaging.

There is a reason why I read men written by women. I hate Chuck and I am not sure if that is intentional or if it is a male author. I feel like this reads similar to Dolly Alderton's Good Material but is clearly written by a man.

There is a reason why I read men written by women. I hate Chuck and I am not sure if that is intentional or if it is a male author. I real like this reads like Dolly Alderton's Good Material but is clearly written by a man.

I am LOVING this. Is it weird girl? Is it sad girl? Is it unhinged female? Is it repressed emotional religious trauma leaving my body? Is it all of these things at once?

I want to like this more. I am determined to not make it my fourth DNF of the month. Reallllllly trying.

Why is this marketed as funny? I am 80% and have yet to encounter any humor. The writing and story just seems like it is going for shock value and body horror. It feels like the author's writing is the embodiment of the weird kid that eats his boogers & kills small animals because any attention is good attention. This is very much in the same vein as her previous novel, Motherthing. Sad husband and egotistical wife.