An intense, gripping memoir

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Wild Game is an intense story about the complex relationship between Malabar and her daughter Adrienne. The memoir's story begins when Malabar confides in her 14-year-old daughter about what becomes a long-running affair.

I picked up this book on a whim, not knowing much about the details. The opening of the book absolutely captivated me, and while I was invested in the story all the way through, there was something missing overall. At many points in the story I felt very distant from Adrienne's feelings (or her feelings looking back), and while I was invested in the story itself, I was not as emotionally invested as I felt I should have been given the events of this story. Some of the events in this book felt more skimmed over where it could have been a place for more detail and reflection. Regardless, there is a lot to this story that is said without being spoken - such as the results of parenting styles that pass through generations and the psychological effects of one childhood indirectly making their way to the next.

Wild Game is a overall a quick memoir worth the read. Adrienne's story and relationship with her mother was simultaneously devastating and fascinating, especially from the perspective of her own self-recovery and growth.