A review by satyridae
House of Dolls by Barbara McClintock, Francesca Lia Block

3.0

This was... weird. Do I even need to say that a book by FLB is weird? Probably not. The weird is the good kind, with that, "Hmmm, I think I'm slipping under the surface, there's seaweed around my feet, pulling me down and the colors are all purple and sparkly" feeling. There's whimsy and darkness and costumes and frippery. There's sort of a narrative, sort of a story, but mostly it's that FLB feeling, and if you like that, you'll like this.