treaclewell 's review for:

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

3.25

hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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some perfectly acceptable 114 pages of prose!! fascinatingly written with that signature disjointed, heavy semantic max porter style, not so much emotionally stirring as vaguely interesting. the crow metaphor never quite landed for me, or landed too easily, which left me feeling expectantly into random corners of the story (story?) for more depth. this can't be the whole thing! it was. oh well. my fault, I suppose? I think they fucked it over with the title a bit, like we're stupid and should refer back to the cover for repeated clarification on the metaphor in the half an hour it takes to read it all. not bad!!!!!! will change nobody's life.