A review by ovenbird_reads
Thin Places by Kerri ní Dochartaigh

3.0

3 stars overall but with some 4 and 5 star moments. There is some beautiful writing in here and the idea of "thin places" was reverberant. I have stood in some such "thin places" myself and know the power of falling through the veil of time and history, self and ancestry. I've known that deep mix of grief, hopefulness, connection, and loss. And while I loved some pieces of this, I also struggled to finish. Much of it was deeply personal and seemed to lack the details or context that would help it live on the page. It was clearly a process of making sense of a complicated past for the author, but as a reader I wasn't always invested in the narrative. It got lost a bit or was buried in musings of deep personal significance but didn't leave a way in for the reader. I hope there will be more books by this author as she has a sharp eye and a poetic mind.