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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
lighthearted
sad
"Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix."
The story is like a poetry novella, told from three perspectives: the dad, the two sons, and a crow, following the death of the mom. What makes this book unique is the crow's presence, which is like a therapist for the grieving family, helping them navigate their loss in a strange, poetic way.
MAN
I would be done grieving?
CROW π¦ββ¬
No, not at all. You were done being hopeless. Grieving is something you're still doing, and something you don't need a crow for.
MAN
I agree. It changes all the time.
CROW π¦ββ¬
Grief?
MAN
Yes.
CROWπ¦ββ¬
It is everything. It is the fabric of selfhood, and beautifully chaotic. It shares mathematical characteristics with many natural forms.
π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬
Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix.
π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬
I would be done grieving?
CROW π¦ββ¬
No, not at all. You were done being hopeless. Grieving is something you're still doing, and something you don't need a crow for.
MAN
I agree. It changes all the time.
CROW π¦ββ¬
Grief?
MAN
Yes.
CROWπ¦ββ¬
It is everything. It is the fabric of selfhood, and beautifully chaotic. It shares mathematical characteristics with many natural forms.
π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬
Moving on, as a concept, is for stupid people, because any sensible person knows grief is a long-term project. I refuse to rush. The pain that is thrust upon us let no man slow or speed or fix.
π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬π¦ββ¬
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
fast-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
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautiful prose. I loved the use of grief personified - its absurdity, complexity.
What good is a crow to a pack of grieving humans?
A huddle.
A throb.
A sore.
A plug.
A gape. A load.
A gap.
So, yes. I do eat baby rabbits, plunder nests, swallow filth, cheat death, mock the starving homeless, misdirect, misinform. Oi, stab it! A bloody load of time wasted. But I care, deeply. I find humans dull except in grief.