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A review by ifollowedthatrabbit
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
4.0
❝I like the woods, in them the possibilities seem endless. They are where wild things are, and I like to think the wild always wins❞
This book has been a wonderful surprise. I only had the general idea from the description, but it goes so much further. It's not a sci-fi story, it's a mix between own voices, paranormal, dystopia, LGBTQIA+ and YA. It's unique.
The story starts with Vern. She's in labour, all by herself in the woods. She's only 15 years old and far away from home. She's strong. She has to be. Someone is following her, threatening her, and she knows who's sent them. Vern is smart and knows how to survive in the woods and take care of her babies.
Little by little we know that Vern is running away from the community her mother and brother belong. She's married with the lider and she knows he will do whatever is needed to make her and their children come back.
This community, the Blessed Acres of Cain, started as a way of helping all the people of African ancestry to stand up for their rights and fight against groups such as White Supremacy. Though other intentions were also a part of its foundation. Vern knows that the community is hiding something. Aweful things happen inside those lands. The enemy isn't only outside those doors that keep the people from the Blessed Acres of Cain imprisoned.
Absolutely recommend it and I hope to read soon the other books by Rivers Solomon.
Thanks to Farrar, Straus and Giroux and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.
This book has been a wonderful surprise. I only had the general idea from the description, but it goes so much further. It's not a sci-fi story, it's a mix between own voices, paranormal, dystopia, LGBTQIA+ and YA. It's unique.
The story starts with Vern. She's in labour, all by herself in the woods. She's only 15 years old and far away from home. She's strong. She has to be. Someone is following her, threatening her, and she knows who's sent them. Vern is smart and knows how to survive in the woods and take care of her babies.
Little by little we know that Vern is running away from the community her mother and brother belong. She's married with the lider and she knows he will do whatever is needed to make her and their children come back.
This community, the Blessed Acres of Cain, started as a way of helping all the people of African ancestry to stand up for their rights and fight against groups such as White Supremacy. Though other intentions were also a part of its foundation. Vern knows that the community is hiding something. Aweful things happen inside those lands. The enemy isn't only outside those doors that keep the people from the Blessed Acres of Cain imprisoned.
Absolutely recommend it and I hope to read soon the other books by Rivers Solomon.
Thanks to Farrar, Straus and Giroux and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for my honest review.