A review by butterbrioche
The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My chest hurts. Harrow is so good at breaking your heart with short stories. I’ll be thinking about this one for a while. I think one thing that keeps drawing me back to Harrow is that it feels like each sentence, each word even, is so deliberate in its construction as to cause serious heartbreak.

I don’t think I have the language for it yet but her meditation/fixation on knights and what it means to be a knight, how she explores what type of devotion that entails is amazing and so incredibly thoughtful. 

I highly recommend this.