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The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward
4.25
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A surreal, complex story of duality, creativity and family. Can you realise your potential as a mother, as a sister, as a creative, as a woman in society? Daley-Ward probes these questions in the most uncanny of setups. Twin sisters meet their maybe-mother who disappeared 30 years ago and reappears the same age. Is she real? Is she a ghost? Is she a con woman? As the sisters investigate the mystery, they confront and reckon with their pasts. Highly original. Felt like reading an equally strange but slightly more accessible Helen Oyeyemi.