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A review by lucysgoodfellow
Suspended Heart by Heather Fowler
3.0
⭐⭐⭐3 Stars
Heather Fowler writes about the female experience, but not every female's experience. Which is fine.
I found this collection to be touch and go in some sections. I either really enjoyed a story or was not engaged at all by it. My favourite stories were 'My Brother, Made of Clay', 'The Girl with the Razorblade Skin' and 'Men Like Chameleons In The Dark'. The abstractness of these stories is what appealed to me and how they blend magical realism, sci-fi and fairy tale tropes together to create completely unique narratives.
A lot of the topics that Heather explores in her collection are universal. However, the way she presents some of these themes could be interpreted as problematic. Particularly her description of a plus-sized character as a 'heifer'.
Overall, due to the large difference in quality between each of the stories I am giving this collection 3 stars.
⚠Trigger Warnings: Body Horror, Fat Shaming, Parental Neglect.
I received this ARC via Book Sirens in exchange for an honest review.
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Heather Fowler writes about the female experience, but not every female's experience. Which is fine.
I found this collection to be touch and go in some sections. I either really enjoyed a story or was not engaged at all by it. My favourite stories were 'My Brother, Made of Clay', 'The Girl with the Razorblade Skin' and 'Men Like Chameleons In The Dark'. The abstractness of these stories is what appealed to me and how they blend magical realism, sci-fi and fairy tale tropes together to create completely unique narratives.
A lot of the topics that Heather explores in her collection are universal. However, the way she presents some of these themes could be interpreted as problematic. Particularly her description of a plus-sized character as a 'heifer'.
Overall, due to the large difference in quality between each of the stories I am giving this collection 3 stars.
⚠Trigger Warnings: Body Horror, Fat Shaming, Parental Neglect.
I received this ARC via Book Sirens in exchange for an honest review.
My Book Sirens Profile