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zoekwb 's review for:
Migrations
by Charlotte McConaghy
So picture this: you pick up a book that promises mystery, dark backstory, emotional gut-punches. Instead? You get 200 pages of birdwatching fanfic. Like ma’am… I did not sign up for National Geographic: Depressed Edition.
Main character? The human embodiment of a raincloud. She keeps hinting at her super dark secret past but instead of telling me, she’s just staring dramatically at a flock of geese. Girl. TALK. THERAPY. PLEASE.
Pacing? Glacial. Actually, scratch that — glaciers move faster. By page 60 I was convinced the “mystery” was just whether the Arctic terns would file a restraining order.
The writing thinks it’s deep and poetic, but half the time I was like “so are you sad because your past is dark… or because the fish aren’t spawning?”
Rating: 2/5
Main character? The human embodiment of a raincloud. She keeps hinting at her super dark secret past but instead of telling me, she’s just staring dramatically at a flock of geese. Girl. TALK. THERAPY. PLEASE.
Pacing? Glacial. Actually, scratch that — glaciers move faster. By page 60 I was convinced the “mystery” was just whether the Arctic terns would file a restraining order.
The writing thinks it’s deep and poetic, but half the time I was like “so are you sad because your past is dark… or because the fish aren’t spawning?”
Rating: 2/5