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A review by raven_morgan
Silk by Caitlín R. Kiernan
5.0
This was actually a reread, though I can't remember when I first read it (before I started cataloguing properly on Goodreads).
Kiernan's work has gotten stronger with every book, and there's a scatteredness, as well as a kind of emotional distance, in this novel that isn't there in her later works (The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl in particular, which are both masterpieces).
But don't let that make you think that this is a weak book, because it isn't (see the five star rating). There is such a sense of atmosphere and place in this book, and all of the broken characters feel all too human. You really get the impression that Kiernan tears out her heart afresh to create her books. I am so pleased that she won the Tiptree for The Drowning Girl, and hope that it will get her body of work the attention that it deserves.
Kiernan's work has gotten stronger with every book, and there's a scatteredness, as well as a kind of emotional distance, in this novel that isn't there in her later works (The Red Tree and The Drowning Girl in particular, which are both masterpieces).
But don't let that make you think that this is a weak book, because it isn't (see the five star rating). There is such a sense of atmosphere and place in this book, and all of the broken characters feel all too human. You really get the impression that Kiernan tears out her heart afresh to create her books. I am so pleased that she won the Tiptree for The Drowning Girl, and hope that it will get her body of work the attention that it deserves.