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kairhone's review
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Catharine Lacey experiments with form in a way I haven't seen from any other author to date. The eponymous X's personal history is so intricately crafted that reading her biography within the fictional narrative disrupts readers' grasp on reality. As in Pew, Lacey seems transfixed by the concept of projection: how we see people through the lens of our own insecurities, needs, and often prejudices. While, perhaps, lengthier than necessary, the variety of perspective from X's past meticulously documented by her widow, makes this pseudo biography an impressive and unique feat.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry
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