BSG #121: Religious Trauma Summer / The Body by Bethany C. Morrow

Grab your shovels for a conversation about The Body—no, not that The Body. This one is by Bethany C. Morrow and we’re not totally sure why that’s the title! We talk about the protagonist, Religious Trauma, infidelity, that ending, and whether or not this is a horror novel. Next up on the podcast, it’s an Othersode with returning guest Paul Tremblay, author of the new novel Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep! We’ll be talking about the cult classic The Big Lebowski and having a spoiler-free chat about Paul’s book on July 21. For our next Bookpisode, we’d love it if you’d read along and check out All Us Saints by Katherine Packert Burke on August 4! Alsooooo please leave us a rating and review. We love ratings and reviews!

:30 – Hello! Mary’s not here womp womp
9:00 – Book intro
10:35 – How does starting the novel in this way set the tone for the rest of the book?
17:42 – Mavis as a character
25:55 – Religious trauma and marriage
30:05 – What even happened at Mavis’ wedding?
35:50 – A whole rainbow of infidelity
48:39 – “Too good to be true?”
52:12 – The ending
1:02:43 – Is this horror?
1:06:05 – Goodreads rating—why so low?
1:19:34 – Mary’s thoughts on the book
1:21:32 – Ratings
1:29:29 – What’s Up Next? Kelli’s had it with your shit!