A unique take on vampires. I found it dragged a bit in the middle and the metaphor was heavy-handed at times, but it pulled through in the end. Lydia's loneliness came through on every page. Quite a few passages had me putting down the book to sit with what I just read.
I didn't love the ending, but I'm not sure if any other ending would have been more fitting. It felt abrupt when the rest of the book was very meandering.
I didn't love the ending, but I'm not sure if any other ending would have been more fitting. It felt abrupt when the rest of the book was very meandering.
Overly long and a bit repetitive but enjoyable, held up by Yoder's writing style, which made parts that dragged on more bearable. I loved how grotesque it was, and I love how angry Nightbitch is in every line.
I felt like the ending wrapped things up far too neatly. Could have taken off a hundred pages and it would have worked better, I think.
I felt like the ending wrapped things up far too neatly. Could have taken off a hundred pages and it would have worked better, I think.
I'm a Fan seemed slow at first but eventually I got into it. It's about an unnamed narrator sleeping with an unnamed celebrity who is married, 'the man I want to be with', and the narrator obsessively social media stalks/sometimes actually stalks one of the celebrity's other lovers, 'the woman I am obsessed with'. She picks apart her own relationships and the man she wants to be with's relationships through the lens of race, class, and gender.
The writing style, which I loved, and the lack of any named characters highlighted the narrator's total loss of herself in her obsession. It sort of seemed like I was reading her diary. On the other hand sometimes felt like the narrator wasn't a real character; her inner monologue often felt so contrived I couldn't convince myself it was a person thinking those things rather than the author creating a blank slate for which to project their own thoughts onto. I found the ending unsatisfying but I am also not sure if there is any ending to that story that could have been satisfying?
Overall I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and the narrator endeared herself to me quickly.
The writing style, which I loved, and the lack of any named characters highlighted the narrator's total loss of herself in her obsession. It sort of seemed like I was reading her diary. On the other hand sometimes felt like the narrator wasn't a real character; her inner monologue often felt so contrived I couldn't convince myself it was a person thinking those things rather than the author creating a blank slate for which to project their own thoughts onto. I found the ending unsatisfying but I am also not sure if there is any ending to that story that could have been satisfying?
Overall I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and the narrator endeared herself to me quickly.