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A review by krys_kilz
Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is truly a queer and trans treasure. The genre bending twists and turns echo the gender bending/queering of many of the characters and the multiple narration styles mirror the concept of multiple selves.
I absolutely loved the final section, the letter to Carrie. It felt almost like a collection of notes app rambles transformed into musing vignettes. My mind works in a very similar way when I am connecting observations and working through theory. It was drastically different from the rest of the novel, but I loved that sense of jolting. It felt refreshing.
I saw so much of myself in this book and I am incredibly grateful to Milks for creating this fantastical mirror that my young genderqueer self never had.
tw: eating disorders, body shaming, fatphobia
I absolutely loved the final section, the letter to Carrie. It felt almost like a collection of notes app rambles transformed into musing vignettes. My mind works in a very similar way when I am connecting observations and working through theory. It was drastically different from the rest of the novel, but I loved that sense of jolting. It felt refreshing.
I saw so much of myself in this book and I am incredibly grateful to Milks for creating this fantastical mirror that my young genderqueer self never had.
tw: eating disorders, body shaming, fatphobia
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Car accident, Dysphoria, and Sexual assault
Minor: Body horror and Bullying