One of my reading goals this year was to tackle my TBR list. Iโm happy to report that Nightbitch was an outstandingly weird, original and darkly funny story.
Since this is a satire about an (unnamed) stay-at-home mother who finds herself turning into a dog, there are scenes of violence to watch out for. But I found this outrageous story to be absolutely incredible.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ? โฆ ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต,โ the mother writes.
This smart book will make you think and laugh out loud. It has already been optioned for a movie starring Amy Adams. I listened to the audiobook narrated by the incomparable Cassandra Campbell and I canโt stop thinking about this wicked and witty story.
About the Book:
One day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly something else…
At home full-time with her two-year-old son, an artist finds she is struggling. She is lonely and exhausted. She had imagined – what was it she had imagined? Her husband, always travelling for his work, calls her from faraway hotel rooms. One more toddler bedtime, and she fears she might lose her mind.
Instead, quite suddenly, she starts gaining things, surprising things that happen one night when her child will not sleep. Sharper canines. Strange new patches of hair. New appetites, new instincts. And from deep within herself, a new voice…
With its clear eyes on contemporary womanhood and sharp take on structures of power, Nightbitch is an outrageously original, joyfully subversive read that will make you want to howl in laughter and recognition. Addictive enough to be devoured in one sitting, this is an unforgettable novel from a blazing new talent.
