A review by ladyash
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

3.0

The story was so evocative of that time period in New York, and particularly of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic and the fears and misunderstandings that went with that. That part brought back many memories for me, good and bad.

The rest of it was a let-down for me. I think the emphasis

Spoiler

on her "romantic" love for her uncle

was jarring and repeatedly took me out of the story. Is the reader supposed to believe she actually had a great love by age 14? I initially thought that the author would clarify that this young adolescent had confusing feelings (as all young adolescents do), but then she repeatedly returned to that theme. I know there was some higher meaning, but I thought it really detracted from the story.

I thought the beginning was compelling and fascinating and different and the rest? Mostly meh.