Jillian B's Reviews > Sweet Days of Discipline

A boarding school student in post-war Switzerland becomes obsessed with a classmate. While our narrator has a feral streak, repressing rage beneath the surface, glamorous Frederique is elegant and composed. It’s not entirely clear—to the narrator or the reader—whether she wants to be with her or become her.

This book has so many themes that will resonate with today’s readers and I can’t wait for more of them to discover it. It has it all: female rage, sapphic vibes, and the quiet desperation of girlhood. The prose is quite sparse and straightforward, and yet somehow gorgeously evocative. This is a super quick read (I devoured it in two sittings) and I need more of you guys to read it so we can talk about it 😂