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thomasprice's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
forestwith1r's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
zlongstreth's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ariesbookshelf's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Death, and Sexual content
zachwerb's review against another edition
4.0
More like a 4.5. This book combines tenderness and violence. It crawls under your skin only to pet you. A full world, one that makes no sense but never question. There is no need to question only to the see the world as reactions to ideas and the word Mammother. This word is made up, thats good as I imagine everything in this is made up.
philipkenner's review against another edition
5.0
This book is beyond. Absolutely bonkers. I just finished it. I’m raw, y’all.
The poetry in this book is mind-blowingly gorgeous. The quiet poignancy of every word whacks you in the face. The characters in this book are singular, expertly crafted, and deeply memorable.
This book is sad: so, so sad - but even with the melancholy, it remains defiantly hopeful. I love a good sad book. Remember A Little Life? Mammother isn’t anything like A Little Life except for the fact that I left the book feeling the power inside of loss and pain.
Mano Medium is one of the greatest protagonists I have had the pleasure of following. Rooting for Mano feels like rooting for myself, and this wasn’t just because Mano was struggling with his sexuality and grief. Mano held on to his mourning out of fear. He was afraid of letting go of the love when he let go the grief.
The world in Mammother boasts a level of simultaneous poetic detail and social critique unlike so much modern fiction I’ve read recently. Severance and Mammother were two pieces of fiction that blew my mind 2019. Mammother might be one of my favorite books I’ve ever read.
What Schomburg has created is a landscape of magic and sadness. It’s gorgeous. Read this!
The poetry in this book is mind-blowingly gorgeous. The quiet poignancy of every word whacks you in the face. The characters in this book are singular, expertly crafted, and deeply memorable.
This book is sad: so, so sad - but even with the melancholy, it remains defiantly hopeful. I love a good sad book. Remember A Little Life? Mammother isn’t anything like A Little Life except for the fact that I left the book feeling the power inside of loss and pain.
Mano Medium is one of the greatest protagonists I have had the pleasure of following. Rooting for Mano feels like rooting for myself, and this wasn’t just because Mano was struggling with his sexuality and grief. Mano held on to his mourning out of fear. He was afraid of letting go of the love when he let go the grief.
The world in Mammother boasts a level of simultaneous poetic detail and social critique unlike so much modern fiction I’ve read recently. Severance and Mammother were two pieces of fiction that blew my mind 2019. Mammother might be one of my favorite books I’ve ever read.
What Schomburg has created is a landscape of magic and sadness. It’s gorgeous. Read this!
joshaverykelly's review against another edition
5.0
What an insanely bonkers book. What a raw, poetic, magical, and beautiful book that covers a lot of themes, including: sexuality, gender, love, capitalism, and (of course) death. A singular book.