A review by kaila_robertson
Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka

5.0

I have thoughts, but I'm currently too tired to write them down, so all I'll say atm is: HOLY CRAP THIS IS GOOD. I am so unbelievably glad that Whiti Hereaka shone a new light on the story of 'Hatupatu and the Bird-Woman' by bringing this wonderful novel into the world. And the way it's structured, with a separate facet of the story read from either side of the book that meets in the middle to the original story - so brilliant! I am obsessed. It lowkey reminds me of Madeline Miller's reinterpretations of the Iliad and the Odyssey in her novels CIRCE and THE SONG OF ACHILLES, bc of both the beautiful feminist reimagining and the lyrical prose. I hope this book gets the attention it deserves, because it is WONDERFUL.