Crudo: A Novel

Crudo was a very emotional and eye-opening read on love and on the contemporary art world. I have found it extremely relatable, as more and more people are struggling to develop meaningful and deep relationships with each other and prioritise money and a stable career instead. Laing's raw and bittersweet tone is characterised by a surprising vulnerability and transparency which makes the reader feel even more understood

Maybe it would've helped to know something about Kathy Acker before reading this novel. Or maybe not. Without that knowledge, though, the scattered nature of the writing was even more fragmented for me. I appreciated the sentence-style here, the interjections and anxiety over the news, but I would have liked a little more punctuation.