A review by lharper
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Ehhhhh. The writing style of the book reflects the narrator: blunt, disjointed, abrupt, a little dissociated, and lacking detail. As far as unreliable narrators go it’s hard to love or like the main character in this book. There is an overarching theme of how environmental crises are caused by human selfishness. Yet, the main character is incredibly self-centered and will sacrifice many others on her path to destroy herself. This to me was the biggest contradiction in the authors story. Writing from the perspective of a women who in fairness has withstood unimaginable pain and suffering, who then inflicts the same to many others without remorse or empathy. The books pace was well set and kept me intrigued enough with the time jumps to continue reading to reveal the expected but sad twist. 
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