Sorry if this has been done elsewhere - I did search but I couldn't find anything.
Has anyone else read 'Girl, Woman, Other'? What did you think?
I looked at it several times but decided against it because of the writing style. I absolutely despise writers that play with writing form, just for the sake of it. It always smacks of literary exclusion (only clever people can read this), or a strategic play (trying something different to get a prize).
So I thought I'd hate it. But then a friend bought it for me as a present so I decided to give it a go. That was yesterday evening and I've just finished it. I can't remember the last time I devoured a book that quickly.
I loved it. I have some reservations (Morgan/Megan's chapter was very clunky; at times it felt like leftist academic Twitter distilled into a novel; I struggled to identify with some of the characters; it had a bit of a gushy 'everyone gets a happy ending' vibe) but, overall, what a great work!
What did you all think?