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A review by ce_read
Savage Conversations by LeAnne Howe
3.0
Weird, eerie, uncomfortable, left lots of lingering questions. It took me a little bit to get on board with this experimental ... are we calling it a novel? It's laid out like a play written in verse, but it includes footnotes and nameplates for images that aren't shown. (I really, really wanted to see those pictures!!)
I didn't know about MTL's mental illness before reading this book. And it's chilling that her hallucinations are so directly related to the abhorrent acts of genocide that her husband (and by proxy, she) carried out.
The sexual stuff included seemed really unnecessary, but I'm definitely willing to have my mind changed about that. Maybe I missed the point of something along the way as I tried to orient myself in the weirdness.
I didn't know about MTL's mental illness before reading this book. And it's chilling that her hallucinations are so directly related to the abhorrent acts of genocide that her husband (and by proxy, she) carried out.
The sexual stuff included seemed really unnecessary, but I'm definitely willing to have my mind changed about that. Maybe I missed the point of something along the way as I tried to orient myself in the weirdness.