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The Ballerinas
by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
The title of the book, The Ballerinas, implies this book will be about dancers and bsllet. While those certainly were key plot elements and themes, that was merely the part of the iceberg visible above the surface. What lay beneath is a vast and complex view inside a multitude of different relationships from mother/daughter, life-long female friendships, lustful teenaged desires. Internal conflicts with personal identities, just to name a few. Love, redemption, guilt, desire, passion, desperation, selfishness, betrayal. I swear the layers of this book peeled away like the biggest most complex onion. I was transfixed by this novel, by these relationships. Although I never quite connected to any of the characters in a profound way, I really didn't need to. I simply needed to watch the dance. And it was mesmerizing.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion. It was a pleasure.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion. It was a pleasure.