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terrific writing about terrible things

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

May 31, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Trigger Warning: please read the tags before deciding to read this review and/or book. If you feel that you can read this book, then you must. If you feel that you cannot, I will pass no judgement. Perhaps you have heard of the drama surrounding this release. American Dirt was climbing the charts and dominating the controversy  conversation when My Dark Vanessa tip-toed in and threw a hat into the ring. There was an implication of plagiarism from a woman who wrote a memoir about being groomed and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #metoo, abuse, boarding school, child abuse, debut novel, grooming, guilt, imbalance of power, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Lolita, nabokov, Pale Fire, poetry, Power, responsibility, scandal, Sexual Assault, trauma

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:54 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #metoo, abuse, boarding school, child abuse, debut novel, grooming, guilt, imbalance of power, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Lolita, nabokov, Pale Fire, poetry, Power, responsibility, scandal, Sexual Assault, trauma ·
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