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gabalodon's review
5.0
This was such a sweet story set in the Birdverse which comes with its attendant incredible world-building and magic. It explores family tensions and relationships and personal and familial growth with regards to gender politics, transitioning, and neurodivergence. I thought it was really interesting to tell this story from the perspective of a very ordinary person who is struggling with coming to terms with how the people she loves are changing and coming into their own identities. She wants for things to be comfortable and easy but also wants to do right by her people and it was such a great angle and dynamic to explore, because so often those desires are incompatible. So much to cover and develop and integrate into what is already a very complex secondary world but I felt like it was done beautifully and I was crying by the end. This was also a good story to read as an intro to the Birdverse because it gives you a better grasp of the society and its rules and the geography and how the magic works.
lezreadalot's review
3.0
It is not right to make of my love a prison for you—for anyone.
3.5 stars. A thoughtful little novelette about grief and bigotry and acceptance following a young woman, her autistic sibling, her friend and lover, and her relationship with her grandparents. Set in an interesting, fantasy desert world, we have the POV of a cis woman confronted with the ugliness of her own transphobia, and how that impacts her sibling and grandparent, and it makes for a difficult, eye-opening read. Read in preparation for Lemberg's novella, and I almost want to read it immediately, to fully absorb the world and characters.
Merged review:
It is not right to make of my love a prison for you—for anyone.
3.5 stars. A thoughtful little novelette about grief and bigotry and acceptance following a young woman, her autistic sibling, her friend and lover, and her relationship with her grandparents. Set in an interesting, fantasy desert world, we have the POV of a cis woman confronted with the ugliness of her own transphobia, and how that impacts her sibling and grandparent, and it makes for a difficult, eye-opening read. Read in preparation for Lemberg's novella, and I almost want to read it immediately, to fully absorb the world and characters.
milointhewoods's review
5.0
this was difficult to read, but also intensely meaningful and heartfelt. it is about grief, and overcoming internalised transphobia and carpets and the imagery is just absolutely stunning.
i desperately want to read more work set in this universe, as it was plainly stunning.
i desperately want to read more work set in this universe, as it was plainly stunning.
theknightswhosaybook's review
Grandmother-nai-Leylit’s Cloth of Winds is a wonderful short story/novella that I highly recommend!
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