A review by averyjaye
A Dream of a Woman by Casey Plett

challenging dark emotional sad 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

Casey Plett at her absolute sharpest, darkest, and most honest. Every story in the collection left me quiet and provoked for a time after finishing them. She speaks multiple languages throughout, the languages of transness and of alcoholism and of her Mennonite background, and finds the commonalities in those distinct modes. There are tales of isolation, of needing the world to be bigger, and of wishing it were smaller, all featuring a cast of women who I am convinced are real and breathing and more than prose.

I loved every night spent with this book.