I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A novel about the pressures of motherhood and losing power as a stay at home mother. Very relatable novel.

This book just warmed my heart. I just love the story about childhood. A really good read. I highly recommend reading this book.

It was thought provoking and impassioned. I wish it didn’t feel rushed towards the ending but it was still a nice read. Made you think and want to know how and why.

This is the type of book that you will think about long after you read the last page. Little Bandaged Days is a story of motherhood and the mothers search to find herself. I didn't think i would like the book because I loved raising my children and never felt claustrophobic because of them. This book did give me a fresh and new perspective to contemplate. The description of her slide into mental disability was so scary and so vivid.. It made me see how different and difficult motherhood can be for some.

This is the author’s first book. Her writing was excellent and I found myself re-reading several sections because they were so beautifully written. It was incredibly atmospheric and really captures this mother's descent into madness. Dark and haunting, this would make a great book club pick because there would be a lot to discuss. I would definitely read more by this author in the future.

Thanks to ABRAMS and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest opinion.

What an odd little book this was. I was intrigued by the narrator from the beginning. Her voice was all over the place and the whole book made me feel a bit...unhinged. Maybe that was the goal? I don’t love an unclear ending, so I definitely wasn’t satisfied when I finished the book. It’s one I will think about for a long time, and I’m still not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.

I typically enjoy books on the topic of motherhood and the struggles of the early baby days. The move to Geneva intrigued me. However the actual plot I don’t think I understood going in, and it just was not for me. I struggled through the writing and felt no real investment to find out what happened.

Alone with two young children in a new country where she cannot speak the language, main character Erika unravels further and further in Kyra Wilder's Little Bandaged Days. The story is told from Erika’s disjointed, maybe unreliable, point of view as she descends into a powerful mental break.

Little Bandaged Days is an important story to be told, as the isolation sometimes felt by new parents and stigma surrounding postpartum mental illness impacts more people than one might think. I think the author does a good job placing you inside Erika’s head, but also showing what is really going on.

I did find it a little challenging that some of the characters were referred to by their first initial and am not quite clear what that was meant to represent. I also skimmed the more prose-like chapters that took place outside of the main timeline. However, due to the shorter length of this book, I didn’t find these issues too draining.

Note: I received a free ebook copy of Little Bandaged Days in exchange for an honest review.

The book was written well and you immediately felt for the characters. That said it does have an open ended ending if you’d rather not have that. The story was gripping, horrifying, and put you on the edge of your seat. I ended up reading it in two days and felt stressed the whole time.

If I could summarize this book in one word, it would be haunting. The story is a slow narration of the dissolution of a marriage and a mother’s solitary descent into mental instability. I’ll admit there were times in the middle when I just wanted to be done, but like all great thrillers, the story pulls together right in time for chilling conclusion.

This book was hard to read at times, due to how sympathetic a character that Erika was. Her frustrations and despair as a virtually abandoned mother of two isolated in a foreign country were very realistic and her almost inevitable descent into madness was written extremely well but painful to witness. I was confused at times to what was happening, much as Erika was, which I’m sure was intended by the author. I am very glad I read this even if it left me sad and unsettled.

WOW! I read this in one sitting, and it really knocked the breath out of me. Even having finished, I hardly know what to think of the book. Wilder's writing is incredible. Lyrical, moving, blisteringly unique. Full of unusual similes and metaphors that really transport you into the narrator's delusions.

wow im still reeling after reading this incredibly emotional novel. This is a story of motherhood and the isolation that oftentimes goes hand in hand with mothers that stay home with two children under two.
. After moving to Switzerland, for her husband's job protagonist Erika finds she is so very alone; once she has put the children to sleep appears to be the hours that impact her most. Despite all of these issues beneath the surface she still manages to maintain the picture of a perfect family.
This is a well produced story of mental health and all of the things that go hand in hand with that. Erika refers to her children as E and B and her husband as M. I wasnt a fan of that but i feel it was a very important part of the story of mental health.

This was just okay. I didn’t love, but I did finish, which means I didn’t hate. I think it was completely disturbing, since it deals with motherhood, making it tough to read., overall it was pretty well written, meaning the character development and actual beautiful writing. It’s very much a slow burn. Might not be everyone’s Cuppa, but do think many will enjoy!

I loved how this story was about motherhood and mental health. It was a slow burn of a novel that is written so poignant, powerfully and in such a revealing way. No one seems to have a name in this story and I thought that would make me feel disconnected BUT in reality it showed me just how indifferent the mother is to the rest of her family.

It was very thought provoking and impassioned. The writing is beautiful and the story is told with such empathy it made me feel so bad for the woman. I did have a hard time understanding why the husband was so blind to what his wife was going through but maybe that was intentional.

I highly recommend this book for the wonderful writing and timely subject manner. I, for one, will be thinking about this book long after I have read it.

This book is well written but the concept is disturbing. A young mother is coping with moving to a new country, with her husband and 2 children. The husband is conspicuously absent and the mother becomes steadily unhinged as story progresses.

This book is such an important, subtle illustration of a young mother's mental health decline after moving to Switzerland for her husband's job. The visceral descriptions were almost difficult to read at times, but the stream of consciousness writing style made it feel more matter-of-fact and less emotionally wrought despite the reader knowing that there is so much turmoil going on below the surface. The protagonist's numbness at almost everything also felt so vivid and real. This was truly uncomfortable to read at times, but I applaud [author:Kyra Wilder|18528088] for such a beautiful and subtle debut novel.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Honestly, I have no idea what I just read. Be prepared for spoilers, because I have a lot of questions. So Erika and her family move to Switzerland, where she makes little attempt to learn the language and therefore can’t speak to anyone or have any outside interaction. Obviously she’s suffering from post partum psychosis, which her busy husband doesn’t seem to notice.
Why does he leave her and the kids for weeks at a time without even calling to check in? After her phone was destroyed, why didn’t M or her mom find a way to check on them? Where did the bruises come from? Was Erika leaving at night and riding the train? Who the hell was Nell? How did Erika end up in the mental hospital? Did the children die? What the hell happened here????

3 STARS! This was an ok read unfortunately nothing really stood out to me but I finished it so that definitely counts for something.

This is a gorgeously written book that will wreck you--in all the best ways. The strange and haunting images, the voice, the structure--really a wonderful novel!