Art was beautiful; contributed plenty to the atmosphere and mood of coldness. It's easy to feel that the protagonist's endeavours with the various men who exist and pop up in her life would end in tragedy, a sense of foreboding, and the creeping feeling that the world she inhabits is an inherently lurid place. Ultimately this was a story about the violence and freedom of being a woman. It's short in length, but it felt visceral, had impact, and was executed in a fresh enough way that the plot didn't feel trite, despite the core story about abuse and retaliation being an oft trodden tale. Wouldrecommend, especially for women who want to feel some violence and freedom in their own lives.