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My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
Sep. 25th, 2017 03:58 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Sometimes strength is not the same as courage.
Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape.
Sometimes surviving isn’t enough.
At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; that chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; that her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him.
She doesn’t know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see; why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done and what her daddy will do when he finds out …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Gabriel Tallent’s debut literary thriller is a gripping and deeply disturbing character study of a young girl abused emotionally, mentally and sexually by her intelligent, sociopathic father that’s as much about the failure of those around her to help as her own survival but there were parts of the book where Tallent overwrites to the point of making Turtle unbelievable and the ending is overblown, which is a shame as this is otherwise an excellent debut.
MY ABSOLUTE DARLING was released in the United Kingdom on 29th August 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape.
Sometimes surviving isn’t enough.
At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; that chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; that her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him.
She doesn’t know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see; why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done and what her daddy will do when he finds out …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Gabriel Tallent’s debut literary thriller is a gripping and deeply disturbing character study of a young girl abused emotionally, mentally and sexually by her intelligent, sociopathic father that’s as much about the failure of those around her to help as her own survival but there were parts of the book where Tallent overwrites to the point of making Turtle unbelievable and the ending is overblown, which is a shame as this is otherwise an excellent debut.
MY ABSOLUTE DARLING was released in the United Kingdom on 29th August 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
