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emmaraeempowered's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
jramzthethird's review
5.0
Stunning, challenging, and all-around beautiful. Never before have I read a novel so rife with poetry, imagery and arcane magic bursting and leaking from every one of its crevices. The sole fault of the thing may be that it's story is too confined unto itself, but that's an inherent fault given the type of tale Bell tells: marriage is blissful freedom at best and feeling marooned on a desert island at worst, and that speaks of this book as well. We need more writers like Bell: scribes unafraid to put humanity's most animal natures under a microscope to pluck them apart with fanged, honest poetry. This novel reminded me of the power of words, and why nothing else quite compares to the shared imagination-relationship formed of reading a book.
roseparis's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
taurustorus's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
lizvick1220's review
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jacmcgw's review
2.0
I'm pretty sure this book is a metaphor, I think I get it, but I'm not convinced I enjoyed it.
omardfoda's review
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
inkednovella's review
1.5
I think this book was trying too hard. lots of words leading to nothing. Writer decided not to have any conversations within the book and I think that and other stylistic choices ruined this book. I should know by now never to read a book written by a man where the only two other characters are referred to as “wife” and “foundling/child.” I get it, man has wife and is such a good man for putting up with his wife’s mere existence while also destroying her body by forcing miscarriage after miscarriage