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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
ARC provided by NetGalley and Text Publishing in exchange for an honest review!
I judged this book by it's cover. It is so beautiful.
This is a book written in Verse.
As much as i wanted to love this, I just could not get into it.
i will be honest and say i DNF'd this at around 45%.
“I keep them because I love them. I keep them because they are beautiful. And then I surprised myself and said: I keep them because they remind me of Mother.”
I judged this book by it's cover. It is so beautiful.
This is a book written in Verse.
As much as i wanted to love this, I just could not get into it.
i will be honest and say i DNF'd this at around 45%.
“I keep them because I love them. I keep them because they are beautiful. And then I surprised myself and said: I keep them because they remind me of Mother.”
The Art of Taxidermy by Sharon Kernot is a gorgeously written tale of grief, death, life, and most importantly, the deep, aching beauty found in all of it. It’s about exploration, confusion, acceptance, loneliness, and family, all told through majestic verse that flows and ripples through the story like water over a rocky riverbed. The descriptions are visceral and real, each scene laid bare and raw before you, to read and understand, to learn.
As Lottie grows up, and tries to understand the grief forever hanging above her family, she learns to find beauty in death, and to honor the once living through various methods. While the entire book focuses on death and decay, it somehow never becomes macabre or gruesome. The story is told with the utmost love and respect in every syllable.
I received a free e-copy of The Art of Taxidermy from NetGalley and Text Publishing in exchange for my review.
As Lottie grows up, and tries to understand the grief forever hanging above her family, she learns to find beauty in death, and to honor the once living through various methods. While the entire book focuses on death and decay, it somehow never becomes macabre or gruesome. The story is told with the utmost love and respect in every syllable.
I received a free e-copy of The Art of Taxidermy from NetGalley and Text Publishing in exchange for my review.