BETA VULGARIS
By Margie Sarsfield

What an interesting journey this was. Initially, I must admit I struggled with this, but ultimately I realized that my discomfort was the entire point.

This is a bizarre, slow burn psychological horror that will weave its way through you so subtly that you won’t even realize until it’s too late that it’s gripped you by the roots.

Elise is ruled by her endless neuroses. Struggling with an inner cacophony of body dysmorphia, disordered eating, money insecurities, identity crises, relationships and other stressors, Elise can never seem to find solace.

When she volunteers on a middle-of-nowhere midwestern beet farm with her boyfriend, she is forced to confront these agonizing and unrelenting inner voices and decide if she can learn to live with the many versions of herself.

Thank you to W. W. Norton & Company for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

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