A review by jovanh
The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch

I had such high hopes... a reimagining of Joan of Arc in a post-apocalyptic dystopia complete with gender exploration and environmentalism. Sounds good, right? At least intriguing? Too bad it was boring, confusing, and pretentious. Unsympathetic characters, next to no plot. I kept asking "why should I care?" and held out hope for an answer, only to make it to the last page without any sort of payoff.

I'm giving it two stars instead if one because some of the visuals were interesting. But honestly, a lot of the imagery was just gross. I made the mistake of reading a particularly graphic scene of mutilation over lunch and was put off my food.