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A review by bespectacled_bibliophile
Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway
Sadly, I was unable to finish this one! And I wanted to so badly!
I love Tomson Highway's plays so I figured I would give this one a try. Unfortunately, the things I love about his plays - the prose, the dreamlike sequences, the storytelling - are what through me off with this novel. For some reason, it wasn't working for me this time. I'm not sure if it is because I need something different from a play than I do from a novel, or maybe it wasn't the right time for me to be reading it.
That said, I can see the promise of this novel. The pain of these two boys is evident and yet they have this amazing ability to remain true to themselves and move through it. I wish I could have finished this book, just to see how things pan out for these boys, but I know forcing myself to would make me hate them, and I just can't do that with Tomson Highway.
I love Tomson Highway's plays so I figured I would give this one a try. Unfortunately, the things I love about his plays - the prose, the dreamlike sequences, the storytelling - are what through me off with this novel. For some reason, it wasn't working for me this time. I'm not sure if it is because I need something different from a play than I do from a novel, or maybe it wasn't the right time for me to be reading it.
That said, I can see the promise of this novel. The pain of these two boys is evident and yet they have this amazing ability to remain true to themselves and move through it. I wish I could have finished this book, just to see how things pan out for these boys, but I know forcing myself to would make me hate them, and I just can't do that with Tomson Highway.