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Review6606909698 Tue, 06 May 2025 19:14:48 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan added 'The Art of Catching Feelings']]> /review/show/6606909698 The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson tristan gave 4 stars to The Art of Catching Feelings (Paperback) by Alicia Thompson
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Rating854912197 Tue, 06 May 2025 19:13:42 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan &#x1f33f; liked a userstatus]]> / Savannah Remole
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Review7105514060 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:40:50 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan added 'Nightbitch']]> /review/show/7105514060 Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder tristan gave 5 stars to Nightbitch (Hardcover) by Rachel Yoder
5�
“The mysteries of the universe are revealed in the mundane, the body, this day, the grasses and the sky. Forget civilization. This is just woman and nature, her very own nature.�
First, I don’t know why this is considered a comedy at all? To me, this book put a horrifying, yet truthful take on motherhood and the changes mothers go through. Being a prior SAHM, I could personally feel the same anxieties and hopeless thoughts that Nightbitch experienced. I took her dog transformation as more of a metaphor of what you have to become after motherhood - you have to completely transform yourself while also clinging to your past self.
Maybe I’m just rambling, but this book was so good. I’ve already been recommending it. I feel like most of these negative reviews are from people who expected something lighthearted with a plot this was deeper than that� if that makes sense. ]]>
Rating847571020 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:38:30 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan &#x1f33f; liked a review]]> /
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
"A Kafka-esque dish of raw meat feminism, served so rare it drips with blood! This is the wildest ride I've been on outside of Six Flags. The premise of a stay-at-home mom transforming into a dog takes some time to accept, but the sooner you just go with it the sooner you can embrace your own inner animal.

Go in expecting to be taken aback, to have impossible thoughts, to have the rug swept out from under you, to question your beliefs and then question your own questioning. Though there is a plot, character progression and something like a hero's quest, this is a philosophical novel more than a summer beach read. Yet the story does fly by with remarkable speed, even as it feels "meatier" than a mere 256 pages. Certainly there are books three times as long with far less to ponder.

The closest thing I can possibly compare it too is indeed Franz Kafka's 1915 masterpiece, The Metamorphosis, which also utilizes a human-to-creature transformation to much symbolic delight. By the end, Nightbitch—the character—becomes a complicated hero, the face of incredible possibility and deserving of our admiration, even as she evokes horror in everyone who's been brainwashed by what the patriarchy says a woman should be.

The less details you know going in the better, so I'll stop here. But if you're interested in a sizzling read that also makes you think, don't miss this novel. Also, let it linger. The more you think about it, the better it gets. I already know it'll be among my top reads this year, but as time goes on I may revise that to one of my favorite books from the last decade.

Enough already! Stop reading this review and start reading Nightbitch!!"
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Review7105514060 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:37:54 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan added 'Nightbitch']]> /review/show/7105514060 Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder tristan gave 5 stars to Nightbitch (Hardcover) by Rachel Yoder
5�
“The mysteries of the universe are revealed in the mundane, the body, this day, the grasses and the sky. Forget civilization. This is just woman and nature, her very own nature.�
First, I don’t know why this is considered a comedy at all? To me, this book put a horrifying, yet truthful take on motherhood and the changes mothers go through. Being a prior SAHM, I could personally feel the same anxieties and hopeless thoughts that Nightbitch experienced. I took her dog transformation as more of a metaphor of what you have to become after motherhood - you have to completely transform yourself while also clinging to your past self.
Maybe I’m just rambling, but this book was so good. I’ve already been recommending it. I feel like most of these negative reviews are from people who expected something lighthearted with a plot this was deeper than that� if that makes sense. ]]>
Review7488199300 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:50:08 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan added 'The Housemaid']]> /review/show/7488199300 The Housemaid by Sarah A. Denzil tristan gave 4 stars to The Housemaid (Kindle Edition) by Sarah A. Denzil
4.25�
“Ghost is another word for maid. (�) And when they’re done taking from you, you’ll be nothing but a husk. An outline against the wall. A ghost in the hallway.�
Oooooo this was good! I loved the setting, the characters, and the mystery (even though it was kinda an easy solve). Some scenes did have my heart racing in time with the character’s but the book is more of a lead up to those scenes so it’s not constant anxiety throughout. ]]>
ReadStatus9300710316 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 10:56:44 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan started reading 'The Art of Catching Feelings']]> /review/show/6606909698 The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson tristan started reading The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson
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ReadStatus9299859740 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:53:59 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan marked as dnf-d 'Go Ask Alice']]> /review/show/7482373406 Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks tristan marked as dnf-d Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
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Review7465772235 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 05:53:57 -0700 <![CDATA[tristan added 'The Perfect Son']]> /review/show/7465772235 The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden tristan gave 4 stars to The Perfect Son (Kindle Edition) by Freida McFadden
3.75�
“The hardest thing about Liam is that when he says “I love you,� I can’t tell whether that’s a lie too.�
Having the multiple POVs made this thriller insanely anxiety inducing. While this was a good listen/read, it definitely wasn’t what I was expecting after reading Do Not Disturb. The twist was very predictable…especially the epilogue. ]]>