A review by omgbiscoffspread
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed

4.0

The subject matter is undeniably horrifying. There is religious extremism, a society based on fathers raping their daughters, a lack of modern medicine leads to death in childbirth and plagues, and a very real option for one character to preserve her freedom is starvation. On the surface this seems like a book I would not enjoy. I absolutely loved it. The language is so rich, melodious, it paints such a picture of the island as almost another character. There is such symbolism, from mud to blood and sand and seafoam... I couldn't put it down, even when god-awful things were happening. I highly recommend it to the reader who can handle bleakness if the beauty of the writing makes up for it.