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A review by odin45mp
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
5.0
Beautiful.
This book put me back into that child headspace, where adults make decisions and we can try to understand, but don't. It also spoke to me as an adult, discussing what we can and cannot do, and why, and the importance of free will and unconditional love. It did not take the path that lead to the easy storybook ending. It reaches a satisfying conclusion, but the journey there is every bit as messy and uneven as real life is. Except this book has dragons. Because all women, it is theorized, have the potential to transform into dragons. Some do, some don't. In 1955, the United States experienced a mass Dragoning that tore 200,000+ families apart. But we are focused on one family, and what happened to them. There are moments of anger, moments of joy, moments of beauty and tenderness and wonder. It tore my heart more than once. It is a must read.
This book put me back into that child headspace, where adults make decisions and we can try to understand, but don't. It also spoke to me as an adult, discussing what we can and cannot do, and why, and the importance of free will and unconditional love. It did not take the path that lead to the easy storybook ending. It reaches a satisfying conclusion, but the journey there is every bit as messy and uneven as real life is. Except this book has dragons. Because all women, it is theorized, have the potential to transform into dragons. Some do, some don't. In 1955, the United States experienced a mass Dragoning that tore 200,000+ families apart. But we are focused on one family, and what happened to them. There are moments of anger, moments of joy, moments of beauty and tenderness and wonder. It tore my heart more than once. It is a must read.