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devannm 's review for:
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle
A bad fairy tale has some simple goddamn moral. A great fairy tale tells the truth.
I have been putting off doing this review for the better part of a week because this book was just so good and I don't entirely know how to get that across with words. LaValle is very good at taking every day situations and turning them into something dark and fantastic, and actually for the first part of this book you might even think 'did I get tricked into reading some kind of contemporary romance/family drama type book' but as you continue there is a growing sense of unease that slowly creeps in... And then suddenly kind of smacks you in the face really. This book is separated into [I think] eight sections and the first four are 'first comes love', 'then comes marriage', 'then comes baby in the baby carriage', and 'shit. damn. motherfucker'. WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY.
I don't want to give too much away about the actual plot because I think it would take away from some of the creepiness, but LaValle has written a truly great modern fairy tale that confronts topics like family, race, and toxic masculinity and it was a delight to read. Definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes creepy modern fairy tales.
I have been putting off doing this review for the better part of a week because this book was just so good and I don't entirely know how to get that across with words. LaValle is very good at taking every day situations and turning them into something dark and fantastic, and actually for the first part of this book you might even think 'did I get tricked into reading some kind of contemporary romance/family drama type book' but as you continue there is a growing sense of unease that slowly creeps in... And then suddenly kind of smacks you in the face really. This book is separated into [I think] eight sections and the first four are 'first comes love', 'then comes marriage', 'then comes baby in the baby carriage', and 'shit. damn. motherfucker'. WELL THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY.
I don't want to give too much away about the actual plot because I think it would take away from some of the creepiness, but LaValle has written a truly great modern fairy tale that confronts topics like family, race, and toxic masculinity and it was a delight to read. Definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes creepy modern fairy tales.