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A review by bexrecca
This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
4.0
I am struggling with how to rate this. I loved Csilla, a Jewish main character in a historical fiction book that takes place AFTER the Holocaust. I loved the poly relationship, though I wish this had been more important to the plot, and, of course, magical realism with a rich basis in Jewish history and folklore.
The pacing is why it is so hard to rate - small things happened and then everything did. That and I wish the queerness had been more central to the plot.
I am glad, with what has been happening in Hungary and in many other countries moving to autocracy, that this was a story of revolution featuring a Jewish woman and queer people. I want to see more of that.
3.5 with a bump to 4 for GR.
The pacing is why it is so hard to rate - small things happened and then everything did. That and I wish the queerness had been more central to the plot.
I am glad, with what has been happening in Hungary and in many other countries moving to autocracy, that this was a story of revolution featuring a Jewish woman and queer people. I want to see more of that.
3.5 with a bump to 4 for GR.