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A review by kittyg
The Arrival of Missives by Aliya Whiteley
4.0
* I was sent this for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review *
This is a 120pg novella which is quite peculiar, yet quite charming too. We follow a young imaginative girl called Shirley who lives in a very small village and is filled with fanciful ideas about escaping her life. Shirley has a passion and an infatuation with the new man in town, Mr. Tiller, who also happens to be her school teacher. She's bright and she's filled with life, but as she learns more about Mr. Tiller and the peculiarities he carries with him, her life starts to change...
Aliya Whitely is clearly a good writer and I definitely want to check out her other book now. I had heard that this was odd and surprising before starting the book, but I didn't realise quite how interesting parts of this novella would be. The end section of this in particular was described so wonderfully it carried my own imagination to a surreal world and moment. Definitely a good little part magical realism, part sci-fi story! 4*s I would certainly recommend this :)
This is a 120pg novella which is quite peculiar, yet quite charming too. We follow a young imaginative girl called Shirley who lives in a very small village and is filled with fanciful ideas about escaping her life. Shirley has a passion and an infatuation with the new man in town, Mr. Tiller, who also happens to be her school teacher. She's bright and she's filled with life, but as she learns more about Mr. Tiller and the peculiarities he carries with him, her life starts to change...
Aliya Whitely is clearly a good writer and I definitely want to check out her other book now. I had heard that this was odd and surprising before starting the book, but I didn't realise quite how interesting parts of this novella would be. The end section of this in particular was described so wonderfully it carried my own imagination to a surreal world and moment. Definitely a good little part magical realism, part sci-fi story! 4*s I would certainly recommend this :)