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maddi_hallman 's review for:
Sister, Maiden, Monster
by Lucy A. Snyder
So, one thing I learned about myself is that I definitely should not read gory/body-horror centered books. I'm not knocking the book for having it, that would be hypocritical. I do, however, have a great love of cosmic horror and an appreciation of how well cosmic and body horror go hand in hand. I did like the lore of the world, even if I didn't get a full picture of it, and I thought the themes of autonomy, liberty, responsibility/destiny, and societal outcasts were pretty solid throughout the narrative. I didn't really like the pop-culture references and name-drops of current celebrities. It did seem to really date the story. I understand that this world canonically takes place after Covid-19, but I'm not sure why it had to. PVG didn't come from Covid-19, and there are some parallels that the characters notice between the two viruses, but it wasn't very impactful. I hated Savannah as a character, but I think we were supposed to. I wasn't offended by anything said, but I did roll my eyes a few times at the writing, but I like cosmic stuff, so it all evened out.