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peggy_racham's review
5.0
"I know him, and in knowing him I love him, and in loving him I cannot do as he wishes."
Never has a shorter story made me this emotional. Also second person prespective, which I love.
Never has a shorter story made me this emotional. Also second person prespective, which I love.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Body horror, Death, Grief, Violence, Colonisation, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, War, Gore, and Murder
tinyjude's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Honestly, I don't know what to say other than I am in awe. Such a simple yet complex story and characters compressed perfectly into so little pages. It surpassed my expectations by far after hearing so many good things about this short story. It is incredibly hard to fit a well-crafted story, characters, world, etc. In just 30 pages but Alix does it wonderfully, becoming a master with this one.
The play with the pronouns and shifting perspectives, the cyclical storytelling, the slow but sorrowful realisations of the protagonist, the ending that makes justice to this fantastic story. I just fell deeply in love with this story and I think it would work so well in a short stories college classroom as a material for discussion and learning. Well done, Alix E. Harrow, I will definitely check out your other works after this delectable artwork.
The play with the pronouns and shifting perspectives, the cyclical storytelling, the slow but sorrowful realisations of the protagonist, the ending that makes justice to this fantastic story. I just fell deeply in love with this story and I think it would work so well in a short stories college classroom as a material for discussion and learning. Well done, Alix E. Harrow, I will definitely check out your other works after this delectable artwork.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, War, and Murder
bexbringsbooks's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There are no saints. And love is a tragedy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Classism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Violence
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