A review by purplepierogi
Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

3.0

this book married interesting things together -- family, friendship, and class in the aftermath of the USSR's collapse, gender dysphoria / exploration, all narrated from the perspective of an innocent child in the middle of very heavy life circumstances. I have to say I appreciate the writing and the development of the setting, a rich inner-life for the protagonist, but this probably falls too squarely in the queer suffering category for me. Everyone is looking for something different in a novel, and others may love it, because there's certainly hope here, too, but it was a difficult one for me.
TW: child sexual abuse