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A review by loreandlullabies
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I think this one is gonna stay with me for a little bit
Every Heart a Doorway is beautifully written, dark, a little gory and yet whimsical and had an underlining innocence to it for me.
I got so much more than I expected when I picked this book up! All I knew was that it was about a school for kids that had travelled to Alice in Wonderland-like worlds and come back to this one.
The representation in it was great and specific. And though it did use labels, it helped the reader understand ie the difference between asexual and aromantic. TW - does contain some transphobia.
I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story and the band of misfits that naturally formed to help solve it. The characters were varying shades of grey but made perfect sense from their POV and the experiences they'd had.
Their love wanted to fix her and refused to see that she wasn't broken.
The reason this story will really stick with me though is the way the student's parents are. Regardless of whether they love their children or not, they are simply unable to accept, understand or love them as they are. Seeing this first hand struck a chord with me. As a parent it made me see how we can ostracise our children even through our best intentions.
Thoroughly enjoyed this though I do recommend going into this expecting a novella and not a novel as it could change how you feel about it
Every Heart a Doorway is beautifully written, dark, a little gory and yet whimsical and had an underlining innocence to it for me.
I got so much more than I expected when I picked this book up! All I knew was that it was about a school for kids that had travelled to Alice in Wonderland-like worlds and come back to this one.
The representation in it was great and specific. And though it did use labels, it helped the reader understand ie the difference between asexual and aromantic. TW - does contain some transphobia.
I enjoyed the mystery aspect of the story and the band of misfits that naturally formed to help solve it. The characters were varying shades of grey but made perfect sense from their POV and the experiences they'd had.
Their love wanted to fix her and refused to see that she wasn't broken.
The reason this story will really stick with me though is the way the student's parents are. Regardless of whether they love their children or not, they are simply unable to accept, understand or love them as they are. Seeing this first hand struck a chord with me. As a parent it made me see how we can ostracise our children even through our best intentions.
Thoroughly enjoyed this though I do recommend going into this expecting a novella and not a novel as it could change how you feel about it