Body s a Bad Monster is a harrowing exploration of trauma and freedom told in captivating poetic prose from social media sensation Rowan Perez also known as rid inkskinned In Body s a Bad Monster our narrator shares sometimes voluntarily sometimes reluctantly their voice with a dissociative state called Mouse Mouse and the narrator take turns inhabiting the body to tell the story of three monumental relationships in the narrator s life as they unravel over time Readers are guided along as Mouse moves in and out of love pain heartbreak and redemption Author Rowan Perez a prolific and innovative writer expertly uses non traditional poetic devices like a lease agreement for her dissociative voice and erasure text to intentionally refuse to engage with male voices or violence to explore themes of religious trauma queerness and body dysmorphia Body s a Bad Monster is an engaging one of a kind journey from a bold and talented voice Body s a Bad MonsterI m blown away by the writings of this author and will read anything and everything published by them Body s a Bad Monster