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markcdickson's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
Moderate: Self harm
utopiastateofmind's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
(Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
The Mirror Season is gorgeously lyrical from the beginning. It has all the characteristics of what I've come to associate with Anna-Marie McLemore: words that weave tapestries of color and emotion. The Mirror Season is an emotional and moving book about sexual assault and healing. Told in our contemporary world, a world where money and privilege mean punishments lose their meaning. Where queer, brown, poor, teens bear the brunt of fists.
Anna-Marie McLemore is a master at creating complex and compelling characters with vulnerabilities, dreams, and memories. The Mirror Season moved me to tears. The ways bullies latch onto kindness we show and try to turn it into weakness. How we live in a society that doesn't believe victims. Knowing if people don't believe us in the little ways, the small grievances, that no one will believe us about the vicious. The crimes that society deems as taboo so they turn to dust in the air, battles of words where some are made of gold and others of dirt.
The Mirror Season is gorgeously lyrical from the beginning. It has all the characteristics of what I've come to associate with Anna-Marie McLemore: words that weave tapestries of color and emotion. The Mirror Season is an emotional and moving book about sexual assault and healing. Told in our contemporary world, a world where money and privilege mean punishments lose their meaning. Where queer, brown, poor, teens bear the brunt of fists.
Anna-Marie McLemore is a master at creating complex and compelling characters with vulnerabilities, dreams, and memories. The Mirror Season moved me to tears. The ways bullies latch onto kindness we show and try to turn it into weakness. How we live in a society that doesn't believe victims. Knowing if people don't believe us in the little ways, the small grievances, that no one will believe us about the vicious. The crimes that society deems as taboo so they turn to dust in the air, battles of words where some are made of gold and others of dirt.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, and Homophobia
Moderate: Self harm
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