A review by liilykke
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I loved this book! It's dark, it's obsessive, it's everything I wished for. I love the type of humor it has. 
The descriptions, the analogies, the character development 10/10!
Unpredictable plot, read tw before <3
the American Psycho- Patrick Bateman arc in the end?!?!  totally unexpected but welcomed <333
Irina's character of course is flawed but the selective self awareness she has really brings it in. 
(update) one interesting thing is consent in this book. Irina constantly mentions it in her work, and in general in professional and academic settings. But she violates it in her private life, and as much as she says that her friend Flo is not "sexually liberated" I can't say that she gets it either... Like she never actually gets entusiastic consent for her actions. Is it then a performance? Is she able to understand when someone is not in the right headspace and stop? and most importanly why doesn't she care?
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