My Dark Vanessa -

Kate Elizabeth Russell

William Morrow

2020

372 páginas

12h 24m

ISBN-13: 9780062941503

“A hard story to read and a harder one to put down . . . a well-constructed package of dynamite.”—Stephen King

Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer.

2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and guileful forty-two-year-old English teacher.

2017. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men, a reckoning is coming due. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student, who reaches out to Vanessa, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship, or redefine herself and the events of her past. But how can Vanessa reject her first love, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager—and who professed to worship only her—may be far different from what she has always believed?

Alternating between Vanessa’s present and her past, My Dark Vanessa juxtaposes memory and trauma with the breathless excitement of a teenage girl discovering the power her own body can wield. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down, this is a masterful portrayal of troubled adolescence and its repercussions that raises vital questions about agency, consent, complicity, and victimhood. Written with the haunting intimacy of The Girls and the creeping intensity of Room, My Dark Vanessa is an era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects the shifting cultural mores transforming our relationships and society itself.

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leitura necessária!

apesar de pesada, my dark vanessa é uma leitura necessária. acho importante que todos estejam informados sobre o conteúdo e gatilhos do livro antes de ler, exatamente por ser uma leitura pesada, mas aos que estão confortáveis: LEIAM!

faz semanas que terminei esse livro e ainda penso nele todos os dias, por isso não vou entrar em muitos detalhes. mas digo que você irá passar raiva lendo e vai querer abraçar e proteger a vanessa, tudo ao mesmo tempo.

pode ser difícil entender as atitudes da personagem, mas é importante lembrar que vítimas reagem e compreendem o trauma de formas diferentes. a leitura desse livro é extremamente importante, e a única coisa que eu espero no final da leitura de todos que peguem essa obra na mão, é que aprendam a ter calma e tentem entender o lado da vítima ao invés de julgar. nós somos diferentes, faz sentido que nossas reações também sejam.