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bl4m3s's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
An interesting collection of sort stories exploring the fears of women. I was initially unsure but once I got into the swing of things I found myself engrossed in this book and unable to put it down. The stories felt personal and the commentary from the author between stories connected everything together nicely. My favourites were the stories in part 2: the child
notesofacrocodile's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
a solid collection of haunting short stories on numerous themes relating to the woman experience.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
HOLY WOW this was pretty amazing! Twisty and dark, surreal and creepy, gothic and spooky. YAS! I had my eyes on this one some time ago and finally one of my libraries had it in their collection! This book features one big overarching story (how the author (or whoever is the narrator there) goes to Iceland and the things she experiences there, loneliness but also creepy things) and short stories in various themes. The stories are weird, surreal, and at times I just went WTF while reading or when I reached the ending. While I loved the book in overall, some of the stories just went too weird/too far/or featured themes I just wasn't comfortable with, so I am rating it 4.5 stars. Which is still fantastic of course. I would definitely recommend this book to everyone.
adriannasophiabookss's review against another edition
5.0
Was not expecting to love this as much as I did.
evelyn_delivett's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
mjcglz's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Collection of short stories. Not my genre by far. I don't know how to catalogue this: a bit of horror, magical realism and folk tales. The first section was my favorite. Specially “Girls are Always Hungry When all the Men are Bite-Size" and "Birds Fell From the Sky and Each One Spoke in Your Voice”.
Didn't hate it, didn't love it. I did love the kind of horror it tells. The 'house' bit is real good.
Quote: A house is family. A house is history. A house is a body.
Didn't hate it, didn't love it. I did love the kind of horror it tells. The 'house' bit is real good.
Quote: A house is family. A house is history. A house is a body.