Tag: nightcrawling

Knopf Publishing Group
Fiction
My Rating: 🍪🍪🍪🍪

Nightcrawling was a heavy story that I could not look away from, but couldn’t bear to read for too long at once. Kiara is seventeen, living with her older brother who fails to help her pay rent. As her life begins to slowly spiral out of control, Kiara finds herself accidentally getting paid as a prostitute. Kiara’s desperation causes her to pursue this new avenue of revenue in order to survive.

The difficulties Kiara finds herself entangled in, particularly the corruption surrounding the policemen who pay her for her body, seemed endless. Mottley writes about them in a way that’s both straightforward, painting the pain as mundane for Kiara, and that allows you to picture and feel every detail.

Kiara’s relationships with everyone around her were marred by struggle and trauma. Her perseverance in the name of self preservation showed tremendous strength.

This is a hard read. It unflinchingly shines a light on inequities and the ripple effect that they cause. The prose are powerful and I won’t forget Kiara’s story anytime soon.

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