A review by podanotherjessi
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While reading this, I could never really fully forget that I was reading a book. There was a part of me always consciously aware that someone wrote this story. And I think that was a good thing? Whenever Sean was linked to the wolf and interpreting her feelings, I was filtering it through the lens of "someone wrote this and had to anthropomorphize a wolf's behavior in the very way the book is criticizing, and therefore there is an intent behind these interpretations." It gave me similar feelings to reading a classic in school.
Sean is such a dislikable and yet not unsympathetic character, which is an extremely delicate balance to strike. I could understand her decisions even while I could see why they weren't good. But I could see other readers getting frustrated with her and not liking the book for that reason. I think if the book had been much longer, than I wouldn't have tolerated it much more.
Really fascinating book. It has me excited for more Mandelo because I wasn't quite expecting what this was.