I wan't to look away but I can't!
I found this novel to be a disturbing yet consuming read. Like you want to look away but can’t stop staring. The exploration of autonomy in the relationship between the young girl and the wealthy man challenges our instant victimization of the girl. She is a victim of being preyed upon by someone much older than her but she is knowing of this. She decides to challenge that idea of being prey and flips the narrative to show she is not complacent. She wrote of her love for her mother but says she can’t remember if she wrote of her hatred for her too. This dynamic can only coexist under the context of family. To have such a strong, powerful love for the ones you share blood with but to also have an undercurrent of hatred for them too. This is shown in her relationship with her mother as she attempts to “sell herself” for her family’s liberation, encouraged by her mother. “The child knows what she’s doing is what the mother would have chosen for her to do, if she’d dared.” ...