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A review by zillanovikov
Airy Nothing by Clarissa Pattern
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is a story about two kinds of loneliness. John has no place in his village, can't conform to their ideas of gender, can't admit what he sees, friendless and alone. Jack is welcomed across the mean streets of London, easily befriends strangers, but trusts no one and knows no one should trust him. Jack knows how to walk away and bury the pain, except that he can't walk away from John.
Jack and John are both survivors. Jack knows that the way to survive is to do whatever it takes to be ready for the winter, and to bury the dead quickly in your mind. John has magic, the kind of magic misfits and rejects conjure so their minds can escape the pain that their bodies and souls endure. Only in this story, the faeries he sees are real, or real enough. The village is spitefully cruel and the streets of London are anonymously cruel, but he has a way to survive which lets him still be kind, and he is determined to share it with Jack.
I fell in love with both of them.
Jack and John are both survivors. Jack knows that the way to survive is to do whatever it takes to be ready for the winter, and to bury the dead quickly in your mind. John has magic, the kind of magic misfits and rejects conjure so their minds can escape the pain that their bodies and souls endure. Only in this story, the faeries he sees are real, or real enough. The village is spitefully cruel and the streets of London are anonymously cruel, but he has a way to survive which lets him still be kind, and he is determined to share it with Jack.
I fell in love with both of them.