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Tell the Wolves I'm Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt
This book has been on my TBR pile since it's release. I kept picking it up and putting it down. Finally I prod through and finished. I don't understand the hype behind this book. I was not enamored by the characters. I did care about Finn and Toby. I thought there would be more on the relationship between the mother and Finn and how it reflected in her relationship with her daughters, Greta and June.
Coming of age? Other than taking up smoking and drinking, I don't feel that June or Greta progressed. The ending or make-up of their relationship feels forced. Too many grievances occurred between them to be solved by a hug.
AIDS and the times? I think this topic as the background gave this story its gravitas. Without this historical time, the story would be about unresolved relations. And since the characters were not all that interesting, it wouldn't be a good read. The use of Mozart's requiem was good use of a connection to this time period and to the AIDS epidemic. But 3/4 way it got forgotten and didn't carry till the end.
The painting is the title of the book but I feel I am missing the connections. Yes the wolf is inside us and it is in the painting in the negative space but what are we supposed to do with this knowledge. What is the connection between the sisters other than them sending messages to each other through the painting. And what is it about the wolves in the woods which turn out to be feral dogs? And why do we need to "tell the wolves I'm home?"
I was also lost in the fascination with medieval England and wearing boots have to do with connecting to her uncle or Toby?
This is a story with possiblities. It could have used a few more revisions to get it where it needed to be for my taste.
Coming of age? Other than taking up smoking and drinking, I don't feel that June or Greta progressed. The ending or make-up of their relationship feels forced. Too many grievances occurred between them to be solved by a hug.
AIDS and the times? I think this topic as the background gave this story its gravitas. Without this historical time, the story would be about unresolved relations. And since the characters were not all that interesting, it wouldn't be a good read. The use of Mozart's requiem was good use of a connection to this time period and to the AIDS epidemic. But 3/4 way it got forgotten and didn't carry till the end.
The painting is the title of the book but I feel I am missing the connections. Yes the wolf is inside us and it is in the painting in the negative space but what are we supposed to do with this knowledge. What is the connection between the sisters other than them sending messages to each other through the painting. And what is it about the wolves in the woods which turn out to be feral dogs? And why do we need to "tell the wolves I'm home?"
I was also lost in the fascination with medieval England and wearing boots have to do with connecting to her uncle or Toby?
This is a story with possiblities. It could have used a few more revisions to get it where it needed to be for my taste.