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A review by mmccombs
Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
“Kill the lantern, raise the ghost”
This book was an unexpected treat, I loved so much about it. The folklore, the examination of generational trauma, the sibling relationship, houses that are alive. I loved how the story was so outlandish but thematically it remained so grounded and homey. It dragged a bit in the middle, so it took me a while to get through, but once I got to the last third of the book I was racing to finish. This book celebrates all acts of storytelling and bearing witness to those stories to keep the past alive.
This book was an unexpected treat, I loved so much about it. The folklore, the examination of generational trauma, the sibling relationship, houses that are alive. I loved how the story was so outlandish but thematically it remained so grounded and homey. It dragged a bit in the middle, so it took me a while to get through, but once I got to the last third of the book I was racing to finish. This book celebrates all acts of storytelling and bearing witness to those stories to keep the past alive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, and Antisemitism