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zombiezami's review
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I read this because I wanted to read a book that took place in Windsor, ON to complete a prompt in a reading challenge. I don't think I would have heard about it otherwise. The prose is quite lovely and reflective, but the book overall didn't have much of a narrative thrust. It definitely had themes and events, but they felt more episodic, and I think I was hoping for something with greater internal cohesion. There was a lot of gesturing at meaning, but maybe I don't know enough about Jewish culture to get the references. I did learn more about Jewish culture from reading this, though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Medical content, Sexual content, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, and Misogyny
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, and Racial slurs
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