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Little Bird
by Tiffany Meuret
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This isn't my typically preferred reading niche, but I ended up enjoying it more than I would've expected.
"We may not always be aware of the energy we force upon the world, but that doesn’t release us of our responsibility to it.”
The skeleton and flowers on the cover were what drew me to this originally and I was hoping for some gothic creepiness, which was not what I got, but it turned out to be okay.
This is a mostly character driven story with magical realism, some very interesting semi-sentient plant life, a definitely sentient skeleton, and an adorable little dog named Po.
Josie is our main character and she has lots of feelings she should be working through, but instead she works through bottles of vodka to avoid those messy feelings as well as any potential human interaction. Between a new neighbor who refuses to be put off by Josie's prickliness as well as the aforementioned vines and skeleton who move into Josie's back yard, Josie is driven out of her comfort zone and forced to face a lot of things she's been avoiding.
At first I didn't like the ending much, but now that I've let it stew a bit, I think it's kind of perfect.
“You can guess what happens next, can’t you Little Bird? You know how these stories go because they aren’t new. They are the oldest kind known to man, and the most potent of all, no matter the age. Perhaps that is why they persist, they endure. Because they are everything— a soul, a heart, humanity broken and raw. These are the stories that crack you open like a soft egg, don’t they Little Bird? They touch the one thing all humans have in common, and they sting, no matter how far removed one might be from the characters.”
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for making this ebook available.
"We may not always be aware of the energy we force upon the world, but that doesn’t release us of our responsibility to it.”
The skeleton and flowers on the cover were what drew me to this originally and I was hoping for some gothic creepiness, which was not what I got, but it turned out to be okay.
This is a mostly character driven story with magical realism, some very interesting semi-sentient plant life, a definitely sentient skeleton, and an adorable little dog named Po.
Josie is our main character and she has lots of feelings she should be working through, but instead she works through bottles of vodka to avoid those messy feelings as well as any potential human interaction. Between a new neighbor who refuses to be put off by Josie's prickliness as well as the aforementioned vines and skeleton who move into Josie's back yard, Josie is driven out of her comfort zone and forced to face a lot of things she's been avoiding.
At first I didn't like the ending much, but now that I've let it stew a bit, I think it's kind of perfect.
“You can guess what happens next, can’t you Little Bird? You know how these stories go because they aren’t new. They are the oldest kind known to man, and the most potent of all, no matter the age. Perhaps that is why they persist, they endure. Because they are everything— a soul, a heart, humanity broken and raw. These are the stories that crack you open like a soft egg, don’t they Little Bird? They touch the one thing all humans have in common, and they sting, no matter how far removed one might be from the characters.”
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for making this ebook available.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent