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A review by lattelibrarian
Phalaina by Alice Brière-Haquet
4.0
"When you go looking for skeletons in the closet, you might wind up a corpse yourself.
Death can be contagious."
When Manon escapes from a harrowing situation at her orphanage and goes on the run, she discovers that there's plenty of people out there willing to help her. She also discovers that there's even more who are trying to track her down. Not quite human, not quite something else, Manon is a scientific discovery like no other. In fact, she may discredit Charles Darwin by means of existing.
Told in short chapters that are almost like character studies and letters address to Charles Darwin, we readers are taken on a journey to unearth the origins of Manon's birth and identity. A fantastic romp between historical fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction, and more, this book cannot be pinned down and simply observed. Instead, you must experience it fully as it spreads its wings and flies through your imagination.
Totally unlike anything I've ever read, this book offers a fantastical look at how humans can adapt and overcome as well as how humans can be manipulative, greedy, and attempt to learn something new and exciting at any and all costs...
Death can be contagious."
When Manon escapes from a harrowing situation at her orphanage and goes on the run, she discovers that there's plenty of people out there willing to help her. She also discovers that there's even more who are trying to track her down. Not quite human, not quite something else, Manon is a scientific discovery like no other. In fact, she may discredit Charles Darwin by means of existing.
Told in short chapters that are almost like character studies and letters address to Charles Darwin, we readers are taken on a journey to unearth the origins of Manon's birth and identity. A fantastic romp between historical fiction, science fiction, speculative fiction, and more, this book cannot be pinned down and simply observed. Instead, you must experience it fully as it spreads its wings and flies through your imagination.
Totally unlike anything I've ever read, this book offers a fantastical look at how humans can adapt and overcome as well as how humans can be manipulative, greedy, and attempt to learn something new and exciting at any and all costs...