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Nightbitch
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- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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At home full-time with her two-year-old son while his father travels for work, a woman finds herself struggling with solitude, monotony and exhaustion. If she has to manage one more bedtime alone, she fears she will lose her mind. So far, so familiar, you might say? But one night, a strange metamorphosis occurs....
Written as a howl against biology, history and the patriarchy, Nightbitch uproariously explores how traditional structures of power and gender continue to shape our experiences of mothering. Outrageously enjoyable, deeply clever and joyfully subversive, it is a book about finding the freedom to love and live as we want and need, whatever form this takes.
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- Charnstar
- 05-10-2024
An objectively amazing novel but not what I wanted
Not in a bad way, necessarily, but I didn't like it while I was reading it. I was like "man, this is fascinating... too bad it's not what I wanted".
I figure I'm gonna read it again next year and absolutely love it, but that cover just sold me something different. Luckily the movie is coming out and I'm absolutely enthralled to see what they do there. I'm still gonna give it a second go after the movie, but I reckon I'm gonna love the movie.
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- Grace Less
- 08-08-2021
Amazingly weird in all the right ways
This book is excellent. Totally off the wall concept presented as a matter of fact suburban transformation. Try know as little as possible about it before starting it. So good.
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- caitlin higgins
- 17-07-2022
mother rage
I think anyone mothering a young family could find aspects of themselves in this book. cathartic
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- Anonymous User
- 12-10-2022
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This book speaks to me on so many levels. As a new mother, a woman and and artist. Never have I questioned myself more than when I became a mother, but never had I trusted my instincts more either. This book resonates with my own story of my emerging new identity, my fears, my questions about patriarchy and position in the world. Left me feeling empowered. Thank you
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- Jane
- 17-08-2023
Sharp
This book resonates what it can be like to be a new mother. Though those years are far behind me and I am now a grandmother to an active 2 year old I see a lot of this character in his mother. Cleverly written with so much emotion in the telling and actions of both the mother and the child. I would listen to it again which I don't often do.
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- Ben
- 27-05-2022
great build up and middle, weak ending
great idea and well executed but after the midway point, page by page it moves toward a disapointing finale. full disclosure i wanted a dark gothic metamorphic experience full of metaphors about motherhood.
it did start dark and the author gives a great desciption of how hard motherhood is. though the absent father character was a bit much.
its a great ride but stephen king could've given it a better ending. think it will make a great film though, looking forward to seeing what amy adams does with it
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-04-2024
Should have been a short story
This would have been a punchy short story. Instead it’s one idea is dragged out too long and stretched thin. The main character is completely unlikeable. She’s insufferable and, ‘not like other mothers’ even before she turns into Nightbitch. There’s also sickening violence against a pet that made it difficult to go on.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-09-2024
An odd story
Was a little disappointed with this one as I had seen a number of people recommend it. The story was just too weird for me and not quite believable enough to be enjoyable let alone some of the more disturbing elements.
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