A review by mbuanno
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I was pulled in by the Eraserhead quote in the beginning. Despite making it through the book fairly quickly, I’m still not sure how much I liked it. It is an interesting premise but yet lacked a certain complexity in the storyline. The metaphor is there. I get that owl-babies are just non-“normal” children and that the mother is deeply mentally ill and the father is a man-child. However I suppose the disconnect for me was: I just didn’t care. The emotions weren’t there. Tiny didn’t feel real to me, I neither despised her or felt for her struggle. So while the plot was interesting, the characters left me something to desire.