A review by bellasgonemissing
Toad by Katherine Dunn

5.0

I can't even really explain why I loved this book so much. it's just that Dunn's writing is the exact kind i love, she has an absolute mastery of language and her writing feels so intentional and satisfying. her characters are full and real and unique and some things that would normally bother me (a lot of long descriptions of things that have already happened, women having breakdowns to do with men) she just did with so much care and genuineness that they felt really necessary. i'm also impressed by the editor, naomi huffman's, ability to make the two perspectives and different time periods feel so cohesive, yet disorienting in a way that really brought the whole book together. will definitely be reading more of Dunn's work.