Under the Skin

Couldn't put this one down. Layered with allegory and possible meanings, deeply feminist, but also darkly misanthropic (or maybe just misandronic?) and charming. I feel like this book could mean lots of different things to lots of different people. My personal read? It's about cycles of abuse and hurt people hurting people too. About capitalism and systems of oppression.

The writing could have been better. Definitely a first novel, and the end kind've petered out. Also a minor pet peeve, but I get annoyed when an author fills the book with ‘said' synonyms. Every character in this is either shouting or screeching or croaking or whispering or conceding or hemming or hedging or whining or cackling or etc etc etc. Just use ‘said' my man. It's too much.

Powerful novel though no matter what. Easy recommend. 5/5 I fucking loved it.