anouk♡ semi-hiatus's Reviews > The Murder After the Night Before

“but the good stuff, the moments that take your breath away, the moments when you can’t see anything bad because you’re so dazzled by happiness, those moments you’ve got to work for.”

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my expectations were sky high for this one.
i think maybe a little too high cause i’m obsessed with katy’s first book.

this one isn’t bad, the story itself is interesting and you can’t helpt but feel for molly and what she’s been through.
i also love katy for always spreading awareness for the issues women deal with on a day to day basis.

“because how can you just keep writing, what’s essentially the same story, over and over again and it not break you? woman is murdered. woman is missing. woman is raped. and that’s on top of all the other shit we have to deal with. the unwanted groping. the everyday sexism. the fucking pay gap. the domestic workload. the emotional labour. everything is on your shoulders when you’re a woman.”

i really wished i loved this more, but it just didn’t grab me as much as her first book did.

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tw: SA/online harassment/ revenge porn.

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❥𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔:

“you’re not being hysterical. that’s the patriarchy trying to silence you.”

“and while we’re all trying to be hashtag kind, at least outwardly, the pack mentality of a public pile-on is a compulsion too tempting for many to ignore.”

“shit happens so balance it out.”

“posey porter, i solemnly swear that if anything happens to you, i will spare your mother the indignity of having to sort through your dildo box.”