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A review by juliereadsromance
All Fours by Miranda July
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I just can’t. There is so much narcissism and, more generally, undiagnosed psychopathology here. I love bananas backwards books but not this one. At first, I thought I maybe loved it. There are some brilliant observations and lines in it. Miranda July sees the world in a unique way and shares incisive observations of the lives of (some) women. But then, this book is a snowball rolling down a hill of narcissism. I don’t know what else to say. I loved the kinky sex stuff. But the way the main character manages her relationships with others is hard for me to endure. Not every heroine has to be likable, but I just couldn’t get past that here.
Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Gaslighting