A dark, disturbing masterpiece, full of righteous female rage - every word roars right off the page ― RedĪ fever dream of a read . This summer's most-hyped book and more than lives up to the buzz. In vivid, unforgiving prose, Taddeo charts the fate of its unforgettable antiheroine, Joan ― iĪ raging, funny and fierce thriller with a protagonist whose life force, against extraordinary odds - always in the gaze and sometimes the grasp of predatory, abusive men - is a thing of wonder ― Financial Times Joan's fury feels fitting, in a new age of righteous rage and brave honesty in female-driven and female-penned art, from Promising Young Women and I May Destroy You, to Raven Leilani's Luster ― Harper's BazaarĪn explosive, visceral story about childhood trauma, sexual violence, sisterhood and grief. Joan's voice is so sharp and magnetic that the reader will follow her anywhere ― New York Times Like Coel's I May Destroy You, Animal is unafraid to wrestle with big questions about sexual empowerment and consent, and doesn't pretend to have found neat answers ― GuardianĪmerican Psycho for the #MeToo generation ― The Times She has a knack for the unexpected, shocking phrase that feels nonchalantly tossed, like dynamite to a fire ― The Globe and MailĪ compulsive read. Taddeo's prose glitters with all the dark wit and flashes of insight that readers and critics admired in Three Women .

One of my favourite authors of all time - Dua Lipaįew writers can match Taddeo's swagger on sentence-level.

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