A review by lovegriefandgender
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is absolutely devastating, brilliantly blunt and thorough about the slow unravelling of grief. I do worry that the use of so much Islamophobic language is just giving airtime to hatred, and I understand that "racist language tells you that this character is racist and bad" but I think there are cleverer ways of doing it.

I also think it's quite condescending to have Sunya take off her hijab for James. That's not how that works.