Acts of Desperation

by Megan Nolan

Book Overview

Heralding the arrival of "a huge literary talent" (Karl Ove Knausgaard), Megan Nolan's riveting debut is "a blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to us.

Wouldn't I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him?

In the first scene of this provocative gut-punch of a novel, our unnamed narrator meets a magnetic writer named Ciaran and falls, against her better judgment, completely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031642983X
• ISBN13: 9780316429832
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Description of book is more interesting and intriguing than the book itself

Based on the description, I thought this book would be more about dark obsession and was interested in the implied danger of obsessive desire. The main character essentially just trauma dumps the whole book, with the love interest/romance being extremely surface level where no connections to the characters can be made by the reader. In all honesty, the book felt like a longer version of a toxic wattpad story and after reading I was left with nothing to think about or reflect on. I was excited to read it but was very disappointed. It was a quick read, but only because of the lack of substance and development, that allows you to finish the book quickly and without any attached emotions. I do not recommend.