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Woman by V.P. Evans (that is actually a male writer, which was a2.5 stars.
I'd like to thank BookSirens for this book in exchange for an honest review.
Woman by V.P. Evans (that is actually a male writer, which was a surprise for me) is a collection of short stories about feminism. As you can read in the synopsis, each short story is called W, O, M, A, and N, which was an interesting concept.
The first two shocked me a little and I kept thinking about the pain the girls went through. I can't talk about it because it is painful and disturbing, and unfortunately, these things actually happened to real women, which is sad.
The third one was one I liked because I resonated with it more. Although I have never been raped, thank God, I know how it is when you hold pain in yourself and you don't talk with anyone and you suffer in silence. So I really loved the ending of this one, when Nancy, the protagonist, decided to open her mouth and speak about this, helping other women that go through this too!
The fourth book was the one I loved the most, even though it was written in a second-person narrative and us, the readers are the man in the story. And the wife is speaking to us! But after years of accepting the man's coldness and the pain she had to go through, she finally decided to get over this. Not that divorce is a good idea, but there are situations where you can't get yourself up and going anymore, so you have to choose what's best for you.
Finally, the last story is about a girl who is a prostitute since her mother died and she had to take care of all of her little brothers and the only little sister, so she started making money out of this. But after a while there is this guy who comes from far away and little by little they fall for each other. She sees an oportunity of escaping this place and also save her sister who was sold out to a Chinese guy. But things don't go as planned and from here I can't say more, because it w0uld be a spoiler.
All in all, the book was painful but realistic and one that gives you courage after the last line. But there are also trigger warnings: rape, abuse and violence. So if you're sensitive about these subjects, don't go into this book....more
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Paradise Girl by Phill Featherstone is a dy3.75 stars.
I'd love to thank BookSirens and the author for this free book in exchange for an honest review.
Paradise Girl by Phill Featherstone is a dystopia book about an Infection that spreads throughout the entire world, killing almost everyone in its way. Cherryl "Kerryl" Shaw is the only person who doesn't have the simptomes of the Infection, so after her family dies and her twin brother leaves them, she is caught alone in the house. She, her dog Buster, the cows, hens and horse.
The book is made of her diary entries. The purple one is written by her to explain how the virus spread and how she remained alone, and the green one is from the present, where she writes daily about what happens to her.
She invents this imaginary boy called Adam and she adresses to him in her diary as if she talks to him. But after a few weeks, she starts to see things and to feel a weird pressesnce around her. She thinks she sees Adam, but that couldn't be true, right?
Soon, the things get worse and the book becomes even more creepy. The end is still a little confusing, because there are things left unresolved. But I'm guessing that we can find out more in Aftershocks, the companion book about Lander, Cherry'l twin brother.
This book was a little too long, in my opinion, with details that didn't helped the story evolve further. But the pacing, although slow, I think it was meant to be like that so it can make the reader spooked out. I couldn't help but thinking that this Infection can also be real in our world one day, which can be scary. The author did a great job overall and I'm really looking forward to read the other book as well....more
I can't finish this. It's nothing wrong with the book, but it pushes me into a severe reading slump. I tried to do it, I really did. I've rea1.5 stars
I can't finish this. It's nothing wrong with the book, but it pushes me into a severe reading slump. I tried to do it, I really did. I've read 99 pages out of 190.
If you like anthologies, poetry and weird stories, go for it. I think I need to stick with actual novels for a while, though....more
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