A review by uuuultraviolennnnt
The Shutter of Snow by Emily Holmes Coleman

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

so good i had to read it twice; once slowly, again in one sitting. O, Emily Holmes Coleman, this poetically infused stream of consciousness is exactly the writing i love. The scenes were so vivid, the pain and desperation of Marthe so apparent, I was looking up and clenching my teeth at most moments to the unfairness of it all, you really feel the realness, that’s what this writer captures in terms of female emotions. Realness, and a mystery in that, and the beauty and scariness of “crazy” though the only “crazy” is the wild type. This women just needed care. She was insane only by force, because they wouldn’t understand.