A review by bookwyrmknits
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander

challenging dark sad medium-paced

2.5

This is a very powerful story, but it is not a happy one nor is it an easy read. I enjoyed very few parts of this book (all the parts I properly enjoyed were the ones narrated by the elephants and telling their stories) — the rest of the book was too raw for me to say I "enjoyed" it. However, it is incredibly well crafted, and it's worth reading for a lesson in how to write a novelette if nothing else.
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