elle_reading 's review for:

Little Bird by Tiffany Meuret

4.0

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*thank you to the publisher for providing me with an arc!*

little bird is the first book i had heard of by tiffany meuret, but now i know just how damn weird she gets? it for sure won’t be the last.

little bird is one of those horror novels that is about This but is *actually* about THIS. it is so multifaceted, saying so much in so few words.

the main character, josie, is a complete wreck, and in a lot of ways i think i related to her. the urge to hide away when you feel broken by things that have happened, and the way you try to repair yourself afterwards - or not. the development of josie coming to understand herself and deal with the trauma she’s endured was so engrossing i could barely look away.

this book got weird in the very best way. little bird is the type of book that you have to reread to pick up all the nuances (in my opinion) because the sheer fever dream quality of it blinds you to it on first pass. i thought the otherworldly elements (that i don’t want to spoil) made for one of the most compelling, ‘confusing in the best way’ books i’ve read so far this year.

if i had to compare it to something, i’d say it’s like the disorientation of Bunny by Mona Awad had a baby with the bizarre characterisation of The Beauty by Aliya Whitely. dare i say it though, i personally think this was better than both of those books.

overall this has put tiffany meuret on my radar, and i can’t wait to read some more of her work.

*thank you again to the publisher for providing me with an arc!*