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A review by p4chen
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
5.0
Longlisted - Women’s Prize for Fiction - 2025
A stunning emotive debut! The narrative is at times very difficult, visceral. It explores the emotional, coercive and psychological abuse within a marriage and the desperate attempt of a young mother to protect her children - against every odd, within a social care system that is infuriatingly bureaucratic and broken. Set against the backdrop of the housing crisis in Ireland, the situation becomes desperate. There is a panicked, claustrophobic energy that permeates throughout the novel. A stark reminder of the many vulnerable people forced to live in this way within the societies that surround us.
The symbolism of the crow was particularly disturbing.
A stunning emotive debut! The narrative is at times very difficult, visceral. It explores the emotional, coercive and psychological abuse within a marriage and the desperate attempt of a young mother to protect her children - against every odd, within a social care system that is infuriatingly bureaucratic and broken. Set against the backdrop of the housing crisis in Ireland, the situation becomes desperate. There is a panicked, claustrophobic energy that permeates throughout the novel. A stark reminder of the many vulnerable people forced to live in this way within the societies that surround us.
The symbolism of the crow was particularly disturbing.