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I was blown away by the writing and storytelling. I like how it's told from three perspectives: victim, abuser, and witness. I think it made the whole thing more well rounded.

Another Dollar Tree find. I love the cover.

Very much enjoying this read. Thoughts on this book?

A snowy January weekend...just perfect for diving deep into a new book. This one has a character that I am just loving to hate.❄️🌨

Ralph becomes enamoured of a new friend‘s young daughter, Daphne, the first time he sees her, pursuing an illicit relationship that has repercussions decades later.

Read August 15-17
Book 44/55

Pub lunch & Putney.

The older Daphne got, the more she comprehended how the treachery of age was baffling when it caught you.

Putney is a Lolita-esque story but continues on as Daphne is an adult, looking back on what happened to her as a child. This book takes you to uncomfortable places and is an emotionally difficult book, but it makes you think. I‘ve not read many books as brave as this.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5
For this Brilliant, Vivid, Uncomfortable but highly reccomended book!
(*trigger warning for some readers content is about sexual assults of a minor but nothing overly graphic)
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Another one of those “it‘s not you, it‘s me” bails. With such a short attention span lately, I‘m becoming more and more at peace with bailing (for better or worse). I love the taboo subject matter of this novel, but it tells more than it shows which is always a personal pet peeve of mine. It kinda reads like a debut. I‘m sure I would like it well enough if I finished it, but I need to move on to something that‘ll better hold my attention.

An intense novel about the journeys and psyches of the abuser, abused, and observer in sexual abuse.

I was actually running early to a friend‘s party which is near this cool little bookstore (Word, Brooklyn) so I stopped in to pick this up and walked away with a membership as well. Gave some recos to the bookseller there and actually got over my introvert fear and conversed with several new friends at the party. A good night all around! 🤘🏻🎉📚☺️

My weekend is all booked! My reading nest is stocked and I‘m ready for a weekend crash course in August 21st releases. What are you reading this weekend? 📚❤️📚

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 https://sixminutesforme.com/2018/08/07/putney-by-sofka-zinovieff/

I‘m finding this much more readable than I expected, and like the way that the narrative is actively engaging with the obvious Lolita comparisons being drawn (Ralph expressly distinguishes himself from Humbert Humbert), and I‘m intrigued to see where this heads in light of it being a more modern narrative than Lolita. Already I‘m feeling Daphne‘s perspective shift with hindsight and I can‘t wait to see what she does when armed with this.

Coming August 21st! Pick up this book! It‘s told in 3 points of view: the victim, perpetrator and witness. You meet Daphne, Ralph and Jane. In the beginning I thought it was going to go in a different direction than it did. Very good though!

This book...so good so far. It‘s out August 2018!!

Snagged a couple of #ARC s today at work... neither were on my radar, but both look intriguing 👍💕📚