My Dark Vanessa: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “A well-constructed package of dynamite.”

  — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author

• “This timely, riveting debut illuminates the interplay between a child’s heartbreaking confusion and the deepest perversions of power.”

  — People

• “As powerful as it is painful, and deserves its reputation as one of the defining books of the #MeToo era.”

  — Vogue

• “A masterpiece of tension and tone that will simultaneously grip you, horrify you, and move you.”

  — Esquire

• “Narrator Grace Gummer…sounds both tough and achingly vulnerable in an unforgettable performance. She embodies the character so well that, combined with Russell’s masterful prose, Vanessa feels deeply real in a way that’s impossible to shake.”

  — Audible.com

• “Gripping and unsettling…a bracingly uncompromising book. It will doubtless be devoured with an ache of recognition by large numbers of women. But it really ought to be read by men.”

  — The Economist (London)

• “Explosive…a significant addition to the necessary reassessments and conversations sparked by the #MeToo movement.”

  — NPR

• “Exquisite…About a young woman who believes she’s in a love story when she’s actually in a psychological horror film.”

  — Los Angeles Times

• “Enlightens even as it chills.”

  — Library Journal (starred review)

• “Powerful…It also prompts readers to interrogate their own assumptions about victimhood, consent, and agency.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)