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Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy

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cilantropigeon's review

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adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I could not put down this book and finished it in two days. I enjoyed how the absurdity and pageantry of tradition, aspects of religion, and small-town/community/cult mob mentality were broken down and regurgitated through the densely terrifying and kaleidoscopic horror of this world.

It looks like there are a ton of interpretations on what this novel may be about, and I may come back to this review later when I inevitably think about this story more, but this is my current take on Bride of the Tornado after finishing it just 20 minutes ago: 
The girl
was a sort of tragic chosen-one figure who
desperately wanted to get away from her little world, but simultaneously was drawn to it and goaded on by forces beyond her from both within and just beyond the outskirts of her town.
She became the town’s sacrificial lamb in the face of a eldritch and sinister evil.
To me, this was maybe supposed to be symbolic of how easy it is to become trapped in the familiar systems you resent the most, and how destructive cycles can reign in isolation and fear. I also think the
sentient tornadoes (and their destructive, reactive, and soul-sucking nature)
seemed symbolic of the ways violent and misogynistic traditions are venerated and replicated in the name of tradition alone.

I found some aspects of the plot a little predictable at times, which is why I’m rating it a 4/5, but ultimately I really enjoyed this book and will continue to think about it and its ending. 
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