Alicia's entire life is ruled by the decisions and careless actions of the men she loves. Yet she still continues to question herself, her being like her mother (who committed suicide). She was set up to fail from the beginning, suffering an awful childhood and an emotionally abusive marriage. The "twist" was not that surprising when it came, I felt that it made sense and was not such a shock. In fact, I did not believe anything could shock me in this novel (not because it was so out there, but because it just seemed so cut and dry). There was a lot of repetition throughout, especially in terms of people being statues of Greek deities. Which really threw me off my enjoyment of the story. Especially in terms of the description of women, they were either week, beautiful statues, or grotesque monsters. No in between. The most interesting parts of the novel were Alicia's diary entries. I wish the novel had been mostly seen through those. They were very telling, with moments of obvious pain and psychosis. I was also interested in the Alcestis story and painting. Alicia's silence and her paintings, specifically the meaning behind each item within them, helped me stay invested and interested in what was going on within the story. For a character driven narrative, most of the characters were flat. There were also few redeeming characters, every one of them catering to Theo's troubling, unethical behaviour. It was so unprofessional, it made it very unbelievable. I also found I did not enjoy the male narrator of the audiobook, whereas I did enjoy the female voice for Alicia's diary entries. I found myself having a hard time finding the desire to pick up the audio, both for the male narrator and for the quality of the writing. TW: suicide, murder, drug abuse, infidelity, death of a parent, torture, stalking
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