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The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple & Dorothy by Corey Ann Haydu
emotional
sad
5.0
It seems every work author Corey Ann Haydu creates is a win.
I am so in love with this book. The concept is amazing of these characters being descendants of the ancient gods but not quite gods yet, they have to choose their path and the author treats grief and the loss of a mother, a wife, and a friend through more than the pain of a single character. Always keeping the same quality and balance of writing the author delivers what other famous books and authors seem to do on roller coasters of plot twists. I felt an emptiness, a silence, a sense of being half awake, it is a cozy read for that but also very intimate. It's definitely a book to be experienced before discussing it with others who also have read it.
I loved the dual POV, how different Apple and Dorothy were, but both in pain, and how the author showed that grief and loss stay with us forever, not just in the first chapters. It shows us how to grieve someone in different ways also not making the experience just centered in the daughter.
It was filled with magical realism, surrealism sometimes, magic, so much mythology, ancient god's lore, allegory, and metaphors. It perfectly described emptiness and depression. As a whole, it was a tale of friendship and of not forcing others to be who they are not. A tale of growing with pain and knowing to let go.
Thank you Netgalley and publisher for this eARC.
I am so in love with this book. The concept is amazing of these characters being descendants of the ancient gods but not quite gods yet, they have to choose their path and the author treats grief and the loss of a mother, a wife, and a friend through more than the pain of a single character. Always keeping the same quality and balance of writing the author delivers what other famous books and authors seem to do on roller coasters of plot twists. I felt an emptiness, a silence, a sense of being half awake, it is a cozy read for that but also very intimate. It's definitely a book to be experienced before discussing it with others who also have read it.
I loved the dual POV, how different Apple and Dorothy were, but both in pain, and how the author showed that grief and loss stay with us forever, not just in the first chapters. It shows us how to grieve someone in different ways also not making the experience just centered in the daughter.
It was filled with magical realism, surrealism sometimes, magic, so much mythology, ancient god's lore, allegory, and metaphors. It perfectly described emptiness and depression. As a whole, it was a tale of friendship and of not forcing others to be who they are not. A tale of growing with pain and knowing to let go.
Thank you Netgalley and publisher for this eARC.