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Starred Review on July 1, 2022 | Short But Mighty
Like her corrosive debut novel, Animal, Taddeo's stories portray women who have been shaped and often debased by assumptions framed largely by men, and she's ferociously observant of contemporary mores that angle us all toward power while crudely defining success in terms of sex and money, and failure as excess fat. In the title story, Ari has achieved unparalleled heights with a dating app but remains toxically, delusionally tied to a first l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More