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“To be a woman is a horror I can little comprehend.”

Hungerstone: A Novel by Kat Dunn

October 13, 2026 by bjornsnipe Leave a Comment

It’s the height of the Industrial Revolution, and ten years into Lenore’s marriage to steel magnate Henry, their marriage is basically in name only. Unable to bear Henry an heir, Lenore has fallen into a resigned depression, not helped by the severe cramps that every month brings. (Lenore ignores that “every month” seems to translate into “non-stop”.) When Henry’s ambitions to be excepted in society as more than nouveau riche drive him to purchase an estate in the remote British moorlands, a shocking carriage accident […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Romance Tagged With: carmilla retelling, feminist rage, industrial revolution, Kat Dunn, lesbian vampires

bjornsnipe's CBR18 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Romance · Tags: carmilla retelling, feminist rage, industrial revolution, Kat Dunn, lesbian vampires ·
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All the Rage

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

May 5, 2023 by Owlizabeth 2 Comments

I’ve been sitting here staring at a blank screen, trying desperately to figure out the words to convey the depth and urgency of my love for this book. Let’s start with: if I have anything to be grateful to the former occupier of the White House for, it is the uptick in feminist rage literature. I suppose credit where credit is due. Because we’ve been mad, I’ve been angry my whole damn life, but it’s just now I’m finding books that mirror my own simmering […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: angry for a reason, dragons, feminist fiction, feminist rage, Fiction, Kelly Barnhill, magical realism

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: angry for a reason, dragons, feminist fiction, feminist rage, Fiction, Kelly Barnhill, magical realism ·
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