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A review by allyareads
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Thank you Netgalley and Tor for the readers copy of this book and sorry (mostly to myself) for taking so long to read it.
I didn't have any specific expectations for this book, honestly the incredible cover art is what prompted me (yes sometimes I'm that vain) but even so this wasn't at all what I thought the story would be.
Fonda Lee has made a story, which is for the majority about falconry (but make the birds behemoth) and spun a beautiful meditation on grief, obsession, devotion and possessive nonreciprocal love.
I've never read a story about loving an animal to the point of devotion and it was contagious. I felt the myriad of anxiety, elation and nurturing for this fictional bird that's big enough to kill a person in one fell swoop (hehe).
It's not the fast pace, action-packed fantasy you'd expect from the author of the Green Bone saga but more a slow, reflective tale of a young woman trying to live her dream.
I loved it.
I didn't have any specific expectations for this book, honestly the incredible cover art is what prompted me (yes sometimes I'm that vain) but even so this wasn't at all what I thought the story would be.
Fonda Lee has made a story, which is for the majority about falconry (but make the birds behemoth) and spun a beautiful meditation on grief, obsession, devotion and possessive nonreciprocal love.
I've never read a story about loving an animal to the point of devotion and it was contagious. I felt the myriad of anxiety, elation and nurturing for this fictional bird that's big enough to kill a person in one fell swoop (hehe).
It's not the fast pace, action-packed fantasy you'd expect from the author of the Green Bone saga but more a slow, reflective tale of a young woman trying to live her dream.
I loved it.