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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
This book is so simplistic and yet conplicated with the sense and feelings it evokes. What an interesting take on gender, power and mushrooms.
My only complaint is that it ended. I want more. So much more.
My only complaint is that it ended. I want more. So much more.
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What a bizarre read. It's like a car crash...you want to turn away but can't.
The writing is quite beautiful, the story line unique, and it's actually a profound study of gender, gender roles, and, well, humanity.
I would classify this as a dystopian horror. While I didn't dislike it, I didn't love it either. It ends rather abruptly, and while I'm not sure I wanted more of the story, it's that whole car crash thing where I wanted it to be over but I didn't.
The writing is quite beautiful, the story line unique, and it's actually a profound study of gender, gender roles, and, well, humanity.
I would classify this as a dystopian horror. While I didn't dislike it, I didn't love it either. It ends rather abruptly, and while I'm not sure I wanted more of the story, it's that whole car crash thing where I wanted it to be over but I didn't.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Review to come later. This edition has two short stories - The Beauty and Peace, Pipe. Both are particularly good examples of weird lit and will not be for everyone. Of the two, Peace, Pipe is the better story and I think the average reader will be more inclined to connect with it than The Beauty.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy
Moderate: Violence, Murder
Minor: War
There are no more women left. They all died from some weird fungal disease and now the remaining men of this particular settlement sit around campfires at night listening to Nate, our protagonist, spin tales of how wonderful the women were. It’s always great to be appreciated too late, right? Something peculiar begins happening on the graves where the remaining women were buried, and then it takes off from there in what is ultimately a brilliantly orchestrated deconstruction of gender roles. I don’t mean to spoil anything for anyone, but I have to share that this book grossed me out like nothing ever has. I love my mama friends and their wee ones, but I am not the maternal sort and I can’t even deal with the body horrors of pregnancy–which this book has taken to a whole new and disturbing level.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5/5
A fascinating and horrifying novella that defies easy categorization (body-horror? post-apocalyptic? weird-lit?). Technically, it's post-apocalyptic, but it focuses more on gender / interspecies relations. Anyway, if you're looking for a fungal weirdness, here's your fix.
I need time to write a more coherent review.
A fascinating and horrifying novella that defies easy categorization (body-horror? post-apocalyptic? weird-lit?). Technically, it's post-apocalyptic, but it focuses more on gender / interspecies relations. Anyway, if you're looking for a fungal weirdness, here's your fix.
I need time to write a more coherent review.