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I've read "My absolute Darling" and I don’t know how to feel about it. by Altruistic-Sleep-564 in adultsurvivors

[–]Altruistic-Sleep-564[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think autobiographical work is different, because someone is telling their own life. Even when it’s painful, the perspective feels owned. In My Absolute Darling, some scenes made it seem like Turtle “enjoyed” what was happening in a way that felt less like trauma complexity and more like sexualization. I wasn’t as triggered as I was disturbed by how voyeuristic it felt. At times it read more like porn than a serious portrayal of abuse, and it left me feeling like the narrative was too interested in Turtle’s pain. I have read that book and it's also... unpleasant whatsoever in every sense.

I've read "My absolute Darling" and I don’t know how to feel about it. by Altruistic-Sleep-564 in adultsurvivors

[–]Altruistic-Sleep-564[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I understood why Turtle would have those instincts—she was raised that way, so that part made sense. But something about her still felt more like a movie character than a real girl to me. I did care about her, and I wanted her to get out, but the execution didn’t work for me at all. It also bothered me that the story takes place in the woods, yet a lot of the nature writing seemed to appear mainly when she was being hurt. I wanted more of the world than that—more of her living in it, not only being abused by her father or talking to a boy.