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A review by raejeana
Self-Portrait with Boy by Rachel Lyon
I'm gutted.
Lu is a complicated character to follow, but Lu also makes no promises to be anything. She simply becomes. Every world that Lu belongs to, both chosen and circumstantial, shapes her complexity, which drives me mad sometimes but warms me almost just as often. Lu is no victim to her surroundings by any stretch of the imagination, but god do I feel the heat of the regretful things that ultimately bring her to herself. And then there are the people who bear witness to her. Toby, Fiona, Casper, Chad, Max, Kate. I will never be able shake Kate.
I don't regret my softness for her. Lu - and more importantly, Rachel Lyon - have an undeniable pull.
Lu is a complicated character to follow, but Lu also makes no promises to be anything. She simply becomes. Every world that Lu belongs to, both chosen and circumstantial, shapes her complexity, which drives me mad sometimes but warms me almost just as often. Lu is no victim to her surroundings by any stretch of the imagination, but god do I feel the heat of the regretful things that ultimately bring her to herself. And then there are the people who bear witness to her. Toby, Fiona, Casper, Chad, Max, Kate. I will never be able shake Kate.
I don't regret my softness for her. Lu - and more importantly, Rachel Lyon - have an undeniable pull.