A review by furbae
You Never Get It Back by Cara Blue Adams

4.0

It really does bother me that partial stars don’t compute because I dislike rounding up or down. Anyway, this collection was lush and absolutely rich in capturing the inner life of Kate Bishop and the people that surrounds her. Meeting loss at the beginning of the collection becomes a current that runs through each story as we follow Kate who is navigating the turbulent waters of young adulthood. This was an absolutely beautiful collection, so clear-eyed and precise in its insight and revelatory in how it shed light on cracks and fissures in seemingly banal moments. It absolutely left me breathless.

Admittedly, toward the end, there were some bits that felt more tedious but it was not at the expense of the work as a whole. I’ve not read Cara Blue Adams’ work before but I certainly will now.