cythera15 's review for:

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

4.0

dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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This book made me realize the joys of the reading again. Yay, thanks! I liked the description of otherworldly beings in here that was not so human-centric. I

thought it was clever that it wasn't the "heart" that was giving Shesheshen a heartache, which I think a lot of anthropomorphic writers would've done, but it was her own egg-sac that turned into a heart-like thing inside of her.

I thought the ending was quite predictable, which in some ways is good -- It meant for me that the book was tied well-together. I wondered if

Ode was so comically evil -- almost like a devil spawn -- because the editors thought that would make readers feel ok that a child died cruelly. I would think that she, like other children, also tried to gain mother's approval, but were perhaps not so rotten on the inside.

 

Anyways, I especially love the queer everyday ending!