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Gabriel Tallent: My Absolute Darling (2017) 3 stars

At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall. She knows …

Review of 'My Absolute Darling' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Disturbing. Beautiful. Frustrating. Disgusting. Exhilarating. Exhausting. I don't know the right words to describe this book. I suppose the obvious comparison would be to Lolita, but the violence and more objective point-of-view of this novel make this a more difficult novel to stomach. At times it's a book that's difficult to read, and at times it's a book that I couldn't put down.