A review by melissapigeon
The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley

4.0

I would have liked more detail, but I enjoyed it. Definitely open to interpretation and full of themes: leadership, the power of story, gender roles, pregnancy, lust, loneliness, freedom, groupthink -- lots of interesting stuff. For some reason, I was reminded of The Giver? Probably because of the emphasis on leadership, story, and color.

Anyway. I've already decided that 2023 is the Year of the Mushroom, so obviously I had to read this (adding to The Last of Us, What Moves the Dead, and Ghost Eaters).