I Fear My Pain Interests You
A Novel

ok we all need to move on from the "chic young woman is an emotional wreck" genre.......more

this book was the biggest let down of the year for me. upon reading the premise, i was so excited to dive into a dark, psychological work about the fetishization of female pain & our fascination with it, told through the eyes of a young girl who was a child actor running away from her past. this boo......more

i love a woman with rancid vibes. not a read for everyone, but i found it to be an evocative spine tingler.......more

I was very taken by this book. At the beginning the main character Margot is floating around, plagued by intrusive thoughts, pale, stylish, thin, glam, emotionally detached, unable to feel pain. She lives in the overwrought, dense world of New York, a world full of shattered dreams of an acting and......more

shortly said: this book is confusing. and not in a good, fun, entertaining way. more of a why am i even reading this way. the main plot literally starts 100 pages in (of 180). the premise would have been an interesting one but it falls incredibly flat. the prose is absolutely beautiful though.......more