"MY DARK VANESSA" book review

How many of us have fallen in love with our teacher & how many times it becomes successful???


 

MY DARK VANESSA

"A powerful novel and one of the most disturbing books I’ve ever read"

Before reading this, be aware I made up my mind about any gray areas concerning consent this novel addresses. For me, there are no gray areas. Fifteen year old girl- forty-two year old man- and a figure of authority? Please. 

This is a strongly worded review and may step on some toes. I hope you'll stick with me, though. I understand this book has bothered some people, understandably, and some are conflicted about it. I am not conflicted AT ALL- and my review will reflect that. You'll need to take your heart off your sleeve if you wish to continue reading. 

By now we’ve all heard the stories and have seen male and female teachers arrested for abusing their positions and embarking on inappropriate relationships with their students. 

About the Story

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.

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. 

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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