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A review by elissazimmer
The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke
3.0
3.5 ish stars. CW: some violence
This was a broad book and an undertaking. It's a long book. There are some threads I was confused at--like why are we still following these things? But then everything is pulled together in the end, but I wonder if it couldn't have been a bit shorter. I wanted more of Edda and her workshop and more exploration of her ties to the Poppenmakers, less Rotman and going back to Amsterdam. Still overall a fun read. Wondering what those with physical disabilities make of the character with six fingers on each hand used as a shock factor but also for context, this story is set in the 1890s.
This was a broad book and an undertaking. It's a long book. There are some threads I was confused at--like why are we still following these things? But then everything is pulled together in the end, but I wonder if it couldn't have been a bit shorter. I wanted more of Edda and her workshop and more exploration of her ties to the Poppenmakers, less Rotman and going back to Amsterdam. Still overall a fun read. Wondering what those with physical disabilities make of the character with six fingers on each hand used as a shock factor but also for context, this story is set in the 1890s.