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A review by ninetalevixen
Secret Passages in a Hillside Town by Lola Rogers, Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
3.0
(I received a free eARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.)
Not quite sure how I feel about this one. It’s aesthetically — cinematically, at least in my mind’s theater — striking, but at times almost self-indulgent (Olli ogling every woman close to him, for example, and particularly his dreams and the secret passageway scenes). The main plot didn’t really come in until halfway through, and the idyllic summer scenes didn’t seem relevant to the plot until then.
(Also there are some formatting errors, though of course that’s not as important as the story itself.)
Not quite sure how I feel about this one. It’s aesthetically — cinematically, at least in my mind’s theater — striking, but at times almost self-indulgent (Olli ogling every woman close to him, for example, and particularly his dreams and the secret passageway scenes). The main plot didn’t really come in until halfway through, and the idyllic summer scenes didn’t seem relevant to the plot until then.
Spoiler
I’m not really educated on the issues that intersex individuals face, so I’ll be the first to say I’m not in a position to comment on whether this novel is more helpful or harmful in terms of representation. My inclination, though, is to at least give credit for incorporating a real but frequently overlooked situation that people face.(Also there are some formatting errors, though of course that’s not as important as the story itself.)