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A review by yeahdeadslow
Thaw by Satya Robyn
4.0
[Read online here.]
I wasn't planning on reading Thaw so quickly, but I couldn't help myself! It's not so much that I was dying to know how it ended, I was just enjoying the "journey", I suppose, of getting to the end. I really like Fiona Robyn's writing, her prose was quite beautiful in parts.
I'm not sure I ever exactly loved Ruth, the main character. I think because we're a lot more alike than I'd like to admit. Reading her story brought back quite a few memories since I went through some of the things she went through. Not giving myself an ultimatum to end my life, but other sad, hard things comparable to (and sometimes the same as) her issues detailed in the story. Some of our ponderings were similar too; a sentence would stand out here and there like a twin to something written in my own journal. At times, reading was even a little bit painful, like catching a glimpse of your reflection on a bad hair day. But it was also, almost... cathartic, I think?
Anyway, I'm just rambling. This was a great read and I'm glad I came across it.
I wasn't planning on reading Thaw so quickly, but I couldn't help myself! It's not so much that I was dying to know how it ended, I was just enjoying the "journey", I suppose, of getting to the end. I really like Fiona Robyn's writing, her prose was quite beautiful in parts.
I'm not sure I ever exactly loved Ruth, the main character. I think because we're a lot more alike than I'd like to admit. Reading her story brought back quite a few memories since I went through some of the things she went through. Not giving myself an ultimatum to end my life, but other sad, hard things comparable to (and sometimes the same as) her issues detailed in the story. Some of our ponderings were similar too; a sentence would stand out here and there like a twin to something written in my own journal. At times, reading was even a little bit painful, like catching a glimpse of your reflection on a bad hair day. But it was also, almost... cathartic, I think?
Anyway, I'm just rambling. This was a great read and I'm glad I came across it.