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abigailk's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
sousandwich's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you very much, Claire, for gifting me with this wonderful piece. I say ‘me’ because I don’t know how the experience has been to other readers, but for me it’s been a memorable ride.
‘Chouette’ feels like being gently pulled up by the hips at first. Hop. It substracts you from whatever reality you’re experiencing and off you go into Tiny’s world. A world of synesthesia, where words on paper play like music, and wild smells pop up from unexpected places. We get gradually stripped of our coating of ‘reality’, our dog-behavior feels less and less present. We understand Tiny, not the way we understand that two plus two equals four, but on a more profound way. We share her struggles. Or at least I did, even though I am far from the experience of motherhood myself.
So thank you again, Claire, for getting me closer to my raccoon-self. I don’t remember being so emotionally invested with a reading as I’ve been with your book. All this yabber-yabber doesn’t do justice to how much love I feel for this book.
Please, keep writing. And publishing.
‘Chouette’ feels like being gently pulled up by the hips at first. Hop. It substracts you from whatever reality you’re experiencing and off you go into Tiny’s world. A world of synesthesia, where words on paper play like music, and wild smells pop up from unexpected places. We get gradually stripped of our coating of ‘reality’, our dog-behavior feels less and less present. We understand Tiny, not the way we understand that two plus two equals four, but on a more profound way. We share her struggles. Or at least I did, even though I am far from the experience of motherhood myself.
So thank you again, Claire, for getting me closer to my raccoon-self. I don’t remember being so emotionally invested with a reading as I’ve been with your book. All this yabber-yabber doesn’t do justice to how much love I feel for this book.
Please, keep writing. And publishing.
chatroulet's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
olivia795's review against another edition
4.0
Probably the weirdest book I've ever read. I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't recommend this to everyone because it really is one of those you either love it or hate it books. I loved it.
icrovisier's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
nikireadsstuff's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lydia_woolf's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
mandyfish's review against another edition
5.0
I am really struck by the book, Chouette, by Claire Oshetsky. It’s about a woman who gives birth to an owl.
For anyone who has a child who doesn’t quite fit in or conform to society’s ideals about how a person should be — it is a riveting and empowering tale.
It is also darkly funny.
I can’t recommend it enough, as long as you can handle something as surreal as having to come to terms with your infant gobbling up mice and killing the neighborhood pets.
This book is a hoot. (Sorry.) And it has given me more appreciation for my own owl-baby and support for allowing her to be who she is.
If you have a neurodivergent owl-baby of any kind, I think you will relate to this book and root for Tiny and her fierce little Chouette.
For anyone who has a child who doesn’t quite fit in or conform to society’s ideals about how a person should be — it is a riveting and empowering tale.
It is also darkly funny.
I can’t recommend it enough, as long as you can handle something as surreal as having to come to terms with your infant gobbling up mice and killing the neighborhood pets.
This book is a hoot. (Sorry.) And it has given me more appreciation for my own owl-baby and support for allowing her to be who she is.
If you have a neurodivergent owl-baby of any kind, I think you will relate to this book and root for Tiny and her fierce little Chouette.
annabelljar's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0