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Animal

By: Lisa Taddeo
Narrated by: Emma Roberts
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Bloomsbury presents Animal by Lisa Taddeo, read by Emma Roberts.

'Joan is an unforgettable anti-heroine. I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about her’ Elizabeth Day

'So insanely good and true and twisted it’ll make your teeth sweat' Olivia Wilde

'Like a series of grenades exploding' Marian Keyes

I drove myself out of New York City where a man shot himself in front of me. He was a gluttonous man and when his blood came out it looked like the blood of a pig.

That’s a cruel thing to think, I know. He did it in a restaurant where I was having dinner with another man, another married man.

Do you see how this is going? But I wasn’t always that way.

I am depraved. I hope you like me.

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A 2021 Highlight for: Guardian – Sunday Express – Independent – New Statesman – Evening Standard – Cosmopolitan – Red – Grazia – Daily Mail – Daily Express – The Week – Irish Times – i – The Sun

©2021 Woolloomooloo, LLC (P)2021 Simon & Schuster Crime Thrillers Psychological Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime
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Somber and insightful, I related to protagonists view of the world and I adored this terse but genuine style of writing

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It takes thinking out loud to a whole new level.
A very sad story but beautiful too.

Absolutely loved it

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The way this book was written, it doesn’t shy away or even pretend, it’s in your face, bold, vicious, unrestrained. The author’s words made me feel dirty. I felt visceral revulsion but some part of my brain admired the main character’s primal emotions and reactions to situations.

It’s honestly hard to describe this book. It’s more of an experience. You get lost in Joan’s psyche and bask in all her pain. Everything seems so vivid, you could practically taste the sweat off of the character’s brow.

Not for the faint hearted.

Hmmm

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One of the best books I’ve read. Amazing, but brutal. The narrator is good enough as to not detract from the story. The story itself, wow. Just wow. I couldn’t get enough.

Amazing

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Took me a while to enjoy this book but as the plot develops was brilliant and well written. Quite decrepit, shocking and sad, a story I won’t forget too soon. Great ending.

A unique read

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