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A review by val_eris
Deerskin by Robin McKinley
5.0
OH MY FUCKING GOD. I literally just this moment finished reading this book and I am lying on the floor with the drama of that ending. I feel like Robin McKinley with every novel somehow taps directly into my subconscious from when I was thirteen. Unlike The Blue Sword there is absolutely the threat of sexual violence, and most of the book is just sorting out the psychological fallout of that, but... well that’s also something we need to be able to imagine, the healing. The Moon Woman as a goddess is somehow so much better than Artemis. I mean don’t get me wrong I love a goddess who’ll turn a peeping Tom into a stag and let his dogs eat him as much as the next but the moon as a woman who’ll find your lost child is just *chef’s kiss*. She rocks, I am with the Prince in wanting to marry the moon.
ANYWAY I’m getting distracted. Bursting into a ballroom to stop a horrible wedding like an evil witch who didn’t get invited to the party here to curse someone? Iconic. Love to break the windows and have everyone scream when I enter a room. Love to just pour blood from my hands all over the room where a wedding is supposed to happen. She literally freebleeds all over her creepy father’s shitty wedding I cannot express how wild it was. Like having eaten a full meal, I’m so satisfied.
This book loves dogs. Like the prince is a footnote the dogs are the stars. Ash the dog drags this bitch back from death so many times, her poor back must be bowed from carrying the weight of this girl. This dog gets more characterization than the Prince. She almost dies for her Princess twice. Every Robin McKinley book has to stan one animal and this one loves dogs like a dog personally saved its life.
I love also that the Prince is described repeatedly as not being hot, they continually point out that he’s got kind of a paunch. You know what who cares he loves dogs which is the only mark of character this book cares about. He’s a little dense but ultimately seems like a decent dude, I accept him.
I’m not sure how to sum this all up. Get a dog, kill your rapist, worship the moon?
ANYWAY I’m getting distracted. Bursting into a ballroom to stop a horrible wedding like an evil witch who didn’t get invited to the party here to curse someone? Iconic. Love to break the windows and have everyone scream when I enter a room. Love to just pour blood from my hands all over the room where a wedding is supposed to happen. She literally freebleeds all over her creepy father’s shitty wedding I cannot express how wild it was. Like having eaten a full meal, I’m so satisfied.
This book loves dogs. Like the prince is a footnote the dogs are the stars. Ash the dog drags this bitch back from death so many times, her poor back must be bowed from carrying the weight of this girl. This dog gets more characterization than the Prince. She almost dies for her Princess twice. Every Robin McKinley book has to stan one animal and this one loves dogs like a dog personally saved its life.
I love also that the Prince is described repeatedly as not being hot, they continually point out that he’s got kind of a paunch. You know what who cares he loves dogs which is the only mark of character this book cares about. He’s a little dense but ultimately seems like a decent dude, I accept him.
I’m not sure how to sum this all up. Get a dog, kill your rapist, worship the moon?