A review by imogenrose97
Thunderhead by Miranda Darling

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I took a little to get into this book, the pages felt gluey, and the writing so different to the book I had just finished, I felt disjointed. Our narrator hides so much from us, her mind a mess of moments and lists that make so little sense, until all at once they make all the sense until all at once it's too late and you realise the space she inhabits is so different to what we expected. The confusion falls away after that. Suddenly you are tightly wound and holding your breath. Suddenly you can't uncurl your fingers for the fear of it. Suddenly it's over. Suddenly I breathed again.