Villain Era: How Boy Parts by Eliza Clark Exposes the Trend of Readers’ Craving Unlikeable Female Characters
Entering My Villain Era: How ‘Boy Parts’ by Eliza Clark Exposes a Wider Trend of Readers’ Cravings for Unlikeable Female Characters
So why is this phenomenon happening now? Why is the world so starved for messy, toxic, unlikeable women in their novels? There has long been a lack of balance between male and female characters in the mainstream media and literary canon. Name any ‘must watch’ film or ‘must read’ book and it is most likely that the main character of said book or film will be a man…
This Woman Writes: An Interview with Eva Verde
Eva Verde is a writer from East London. Her debut novel, Lives Like Mine, was published by Simon and Schuster in 2021. They are also publishing her new novel, In Bloom, which was recently released on 31st August 2023. As a working-class woman of dual heritage, her prose deals with themes of identity, class and female rage…