An unlikable protagonist is a main character who lacks traditional moral virtues, social graces, or warmth, yet remains central to driving the narrative forward. Writers focus on making these characters interesting and active rather than universally pleasant or relatable.
Review Helen Troy is a gorgeous model on a path of self destruction. After growing up overweight, Helen finds success and validation by being as thin as possible, living a…
Review My Year of Rest and Relaxation is a grotesquely funny book, compulsively readable despite not having a strong plot. The story centers on a depressed and disaffected young woman…
Review To Be Devoured is a book that does not get enough praise. A disquieting story of madness, obsession, and hunger. The narrator Andi is teetering on the edge and…
Review In Mad Hands is Jon Athan's take on the babysitter from hell trope, subverted in a way that made it fresh. The babysitter, Kristine, is completely off her rocker…
Review Colin is a morally repugnant man, a power hungry fiend that fantasizes about committing unspeakable acts that would put him in headlines as his alter ego, Hee Haw. He…
Review This book was toxic, and I ate it up, devoured it, asked for seconds. The unnamed narrator is in her 20s and stuck in an all-consuming romance with an…