

Jennifer Haigh, The New York Times Book Review

She has a gift for aphorism, the observation that astonishes.” Joan’s voice is so sharp and magnetic that the reader will follow her anywhere. “ propulsive, fiercely confident debut novel. “Like if Joan Didion got into hard drugs and carried a switchblade everywhere.” The result is as intimate as it is explosive.” “With skill and insight, Taddeo examines how the savagery of men fuels female rage. This book is a 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.”

“ Animal will confirm Taddeo’s status as a pre-eminent channeller of women’s interior lives. “A provocative exploration of what happens when women are pushed beyond the brink, and what comes after the reckoning.”
