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Kate Elizabeth Russell: My Dark Vanessa (2020, HarperCollins Publishers) 4 stars

Review of 'My Dark Vanessa' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This book is like Lolita-meets-Me Too. The author does a good job crafting a story that is a real mind f*ck. What do you do with someone who was abused by a pedophile but refuses to see herself as a victim and who instead continues to romanticize it? What about the people and systems that are complicit in allowing predators to stay in power?

Dark and disturbing, this is great fodder for discussion.