A review by circlesofflame
Tangleweed and Brine by Deirdre Sullivan

3.0

Dark, feminist fairytale retellings? Sounds like a perfect recipe to me. So, why didn't I love this? The women in these tales aren't as empowered as I would have imagined. They were focused on the negative opinions of others and took these on, resulting in them feeling pretty rubbish about themselves... and this is never challenged. The whole collection feels negative, rather than overly dark. The writing is wonderfully lyrical, if just a little abrupt in tone, littered with short, clipped sentences.

Although I didn't enjoy these tales as much as I hoped, I would like to see how Sullivan's lyrical writing style would translate to longer works.