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Ciggybear t1_ixsykc0 wrote

I love her, and I have never even heard of this novel. I’m going to look for it on the library site now. Thank you.

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jefrye t1_ixud0dj wrote

This is my second favorite novel of hers, enjoy!

Edit: To expound on this a bit, it's very much a coming-of-age novel with Natalie trying to come to terms with reality (and leave behind the world of daydreams that she lives in), cope with a growing sense of disillusionment as she realizes that adults are also generally a mess and are often terrible people, decide who she is/wants to be, and find out how to relate to her family and the rest of the world now that she's "all grown up." It's very much a weirder version of The Bell Jar, but I liked and connected with it much more.

Of course, it's also about >!dealing with trauma following sexual assault!<, which I'm very grateful not to relate to.

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