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The Mercies
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
dark
emotional
sad
"No matter that Pastor Kurtsson believed their survival after the storm to be a miracle: now Maren thinks that the mercies of God would have been better spent drowning them all."
This is such a devastatingly beautiful and quietly powerful book.
The writing is gorgeous and truly immersive, the characters and relationships are incredibly well-crafted, and the storyline chronicling the build-up to horrendous acts of misognyistic brutality alongside the development of an achingly tender and bittersweet love story is just excellent.
It's not by any means an easy read, but is a truly worthwhile one.
This is such a devastatingly beautiful and quietly powerful book.
The writing is gorgeous and truly immersive, the characters and relationships are incredibly well-crafted, and the storyline chronicling the build-up to horrendous acts of misognyistic brutality alongside the development of an achingly tender and bittersweet love story is just excellent.
It's not by any means an easy read, but is a truly worthwhile one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent