Michael Barnes
This is a very harsh unforgiving horror novel and I cannot recommend it without knowing the person who wants to read it if I would suggest it. It’s a powerful and compelling piece of literature and I can see why Alison Rumfitt deserves all the praise for this her debut novel.
Tell Me I’m Worthless tells the story of two friends, Alice and Ila, in the aftermath of a night spent together in a haunted house. Alice is transgender, and Ila is a ‘gender critical’ feminist. That in itself provides a novel worth of complexity and social culture. The haunted house, Albion, is the core or the rising shadow of the particular brand of British fascism which is infecting the social fabric of the United Kingdom today.
Tell Me I’m Worthless is bleak, but the ending proves cathartic and even hopeful, reminding us that resistance to fascism is always possible.
This is a very harsh unforgiving horror novel and I cannot recommend it without knowing the person who wants to read it if I would suggest it. It’s a powerful and compelling piece of literature and I can see why Alison Rumfitt deserves all the praise for this her debut novel.
Tell Me I’m Worthless tells the story of two friends, Alice and Ila, in the aftermath of a night spent together in a haunted house. Alice is transgender, and Ila is a ‘gender critical’ feminist. That in itself provides a novel worth of complexity and social culture. The haunted house, Albion, is the core or the rising shadow of the particular brand of British fascism which is infecting the social fabric of the United Kingdom today.
Tell Me I’m Worthless is bleak, but the ending proves cathartic and even hopeful, reminding us that resistance to fascism is always possible.