I really couldn’t care less for Sydney. She was selfish under the guise of being career focused. She was super jealous to the point of being annoy3⭐️
I really couldn’t care less for Sydney. She was selfish under the guise of being career focused. She was super jealous to the point of being annoying. And she was kind of dishonest to a lot of people.
This could easily have been 100 pages shorter but what you do get is pages and pages of steam (slight exaggeration but really, there was a lot� to the point of being too much).
That said, Jewel e Ann loves her love triangles and there’s a pretty predictable one here though the little wrench in the middle was a bit of a surprise. Def an entertaining read but I was not on Team Sam/Syd, which made this hard to fully get on board with. Also didn’t love the writing of this one as opposed to some of her other books.
Also, not sure Dane was dealt the fairest of hands in the book. ...more
Incredibly well researched and imaginative storytelling around actual weather events in the late 1800s. A scathing critique of US settler colonialism,Incredibly well researched and imaginative storytelling around actual weather events in the late 1800s. A scathing critique of US settler colonialism, focusing specifically on the genocide of the Pawnee people.
It did take a while for the story to take off but if you persist, it’s quite the journey. Told by several points of view (including a scarecrow and a cat), this is a book that will really make you think, especially about collective memory. Lots of strong female characters (including the cat!).
Ambitious and imaginative. Highly recommend (even if I’m not quite giving it 5 stars). ...more
This is a particularly hard but insightful book to read esp in the current moment where the attacks on immigrants and - esp. undocumented ones - is4⭐️
This is a particularly hard but insightful book to read esp in the current moment where the attacks on immigrants and - esp. undocumented ones - is more aggressive than usual. I promise that you will never look at you manicurist the same way after reading this book.
I had written a more useful review but it got deleted inadvertently so can’t remember what I wanted to say except that the book is beautifully written and yet, it isn’t the most riveting book. Still, it’s an important one, covering themes of migration - forced and voluntary; family - both lost and found, blood and non-blood; identity, the importance of names and place; friendship, forgiveness, kinship, and motherhood. It’s about reinventing yourself. It’s about existing and surviving in liminal spaces.
Told in dual perspective, I enjoyed the parts from Polly/Peiln’s POV (first person) far more than David/Deming’s (third person).
Highly recommend - esp in this politically fraught moment. Escapism it is not. You have been warned....more
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