A review by ottotto
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

there are some loose ends i'd have liked tied up— bess struggles with jack's whiteness specifically near the end and they never have an "onscreen" resolution to that, although i understand why. i would have liked to have seen more of aurie throughout, he pops up at important moments but you get the sense that he and jack are so close when he does, implying the vastness of time they do spend together unseen by the reader. this all makes sense in the context of the story's framing, especially as dr. voth continues to unravel the mystery of the manuscript, his conclusions and ideas striking like lightning in the eleventh hour, but it certainly would have made jack and bess and aurie and jenny's (and laurent and okoh and...) lives all the fuller. but the story is about jack and dr. voth the way it is about all of us, all at once. i really loved this book. mysticism and transness and academia and roguishness... excellent stuff!
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