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This is such an interesting book to rate because the subject matter is not easy, and the graphic content can be very uncomfortable to read.Yet, there is a sick fascination at being inside the mind of a beautiful, sociopathic 8th grade teacher that goes for a very specific type of 14 year old boy. It isn’t often that we see female sexual predators, and I found this to be a compulsive read.
Updated 12-20-13, this is in my 10 top reads for 2013. I've picked books that I remember instantly when I look through the list, either because the plot was great, the subject matter was different or the writing was excellent. I also added an additional star. The last book I read was On Chesil Beach which was a lot about sex, but very little happened. This book is all about sex, bamm!, in your face, just about every single page Nutting is either writing about how great it is (with boys who are 1...
This book was very disturbing. The imagery Alissa used in this book was just ick. I had to put the book down many times because I couldn’t read it. But somehow I couldn’t actually DNF this book. I could never read this book again, but I know that this book is gonna stay with me for awhile.
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Disburbing. Very disturbing.
I received an Advance Reader's Copy of this book.This book was offensive, graphic, and shocking. But Alissa Nutting has written a story that made me think about the pathological mind. The story is told from the eyes of Celeste, a middle school teacher, who favors adolescent boys. I never felt sorry for Celeste and was repelled by her manipulative behavior. But this plotline made me think about the similarities between this behavior and other addictive behaviors in which the person really has no
I heard from a friend you sort of read this book with your mouth half open. She was extremely correct on this point. You'd really think a piece of satire about a female teacher having an affair with one of her students wouldn't be so amazing. But let me tell you, this is what I love about Alissa Nutting - she writes about things that are on the surface extremely uncomfortable, but relates them in a way that seems almost mundane. You're either on board, or you're not.
