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A review by jalapenyokai
The Convalescent by Jessica Anthony
5.0
First of all, this book is definitely on my list of top 5 favorite covers. It is stunning.
Second, I am staggered by Jessica Anthony's ability to humanize and revolt, to portray the grotesque with grace and nausea. Her utilization of the disenfranchised and contemptible was appropriately complex. She offers no straightforward axiom or hamfisted moralistic rebuke. Everyone appears more tawdry through the eyes of this book and yet everyone seems a bit more resplendent as well.
Third, I can't decide how I feel about surprise magical realism elements. Come back to me on that one.
Second, I am staggered by Jessica Anthony's ability to humanize and revolt, to portray the grotesque with grace and nausea. Her utilization of the disenfranchised and contemptible was appropriately complex. She offers no straightforward axiom or hamfisted moralistic rebuke. Everyone appears more tawdry through the eyes of this book and yet everyone seems a bit more resplendent as well.
Third, I can't decide how I feel about surprise magical realism elements. Come back to me on that one.