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dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Chouette is a book I think about quite regularly and I have a feeling Poor Deer will be the same! Dark, so sad, but also ultimately hopeful, Poor Deer imagines alternate memories and pasts and futures. It was interesting reading this right after Interesting Facts About Space, another new release where a young woman navigates childhood shame and false memories. The writing was so beautiful and often seeping with a kind of gross, dank undertone that lent to a dark fairytale feeling, I could so fully see and smell and feel this book. The ending didn’t fully land for me, but everything was so strong otherwise, it is a story with staying power.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Abandonment, and Mental illness
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