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An incredibly bold and gripping book that left me speechless while also making me not want to shut up about every little thing that happened and how much meaning it had on the characters and overall story.
Avni is such a complex character with her own peculiar feelings and desires, and she’s written in such a way that makes you want to learn more about her, her life and why she’s this insatiable and the actions she takes to satisfy her hunger. You get to see her meet different people and how she feels about them, have wildly different experiences and how these change her, understand her past and how that has impacted her present and the way she goes about life. It’s a disturbing, compelling and intriguing story all at once, and no matter how much you think you know Avni, she keeps showing new sides of her that make her even more interesting.
There’s a main theme in this story revolving around hunger and finding ways to fill that void that is so well explored and written. Avni spends most of her time searching for things that can make her feel anything, that can make her full both physically and emotionally, and she tries to find that in sex, love and company, always going for more obscure and darker methods that most people wouldn’t usually accept, but to which she can’t step away from.
There’s also a deeper discourse with Avni being a woman of color and how men fetishize her and see her as merely an object for their own desire. It’s so casually incorporated into the story and Avni’s life that it’s easy to understand how this type of discrimination is so common to Avni as an Indian woman and you get to see her feelings on it and how this affects not only her but also her family.
The ending was so unexpected and brought such an interesting twist to Avni’s story while also helping to further understand her as this twisted but fascinating character.
Thank you to Netgalley and HarperCollins for the ARC!
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The first line of this drew me in & I never wanted to escape. I was hooked to this the whole time I was reading, it's not one I'll forget in a hurry.
In the first couple chapters I noted how I couldn't be sure what to make of this & even after finishing it I feel the same. This isn't a negative though, I feel it's just one of those books where you're enjoying it but can't even understand why or you almost feel like you shouldn't be. There was definitely a strong 'femgore' element to this which is what kept me gripped & intrigued but not one to read if you have a fairly weak stomach. It's still surprising to me how this is Virdi's debut, the writing was so strong all the way through, I'm actually desperate for more.
I thought all the characters involved were well written, none more so than the FMC of Avni. I found them all so strange but in the best way & with Avni, I couldn't stop myself being oddly attracted or connected to her throughout. She's a bit of an unreliable narrator but it's clear there's something else running deep & the whole time I was desperate to find out what has made her the way she is. I loved the twists in the last half, it was unexpected & really well done.
For me, the ending felt quite sudden. This is most likely just a personal thing rather than anything to do with how the writer's chosen to end it, I just think in comparison to the rest of the book, I wanted something more. Other than that, this was a wild ride, full of really vivid imagery & strangely quite funny too to the point it had me laughing out loud at certain points. It was also obvious there was a deeper commentary in this which I think a lot of readers will resonate with or relate to & I enjoyed how Virdi incorporated this into the plot.
This gave me very similar vibes to Boy Parts by Eliza Clark & Bodies by Christine Anne Foley so if you enjoyed those and/or you just need some twisted, bingeable, queer, femgore litfic, I'd strongly suggest picking this up. Bonus points for having places local to me mentioned too!
Thank you HarperCollins UK & Netgalley for the free eARC!
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