A review by cassie7e
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Chilly and a fragile stillness like Fargo, but with more emotional development and  attachment to characters. Every chapter is a different character's POV, exploring the lives of so many people tangentially related to the backdrop of the missing girls. Some are just related by existing in the same town. This makes the world feel peopled and deeply real, not just about who matters to specific storyline but acknowledging all the storylines that exist concurrently and tangle up and affect each other. This book also closely intertwines peninsular culture and politics and sense of place, which I appreciated as someone who has not read much Russian literature (either author or setting).
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