ratatouilllie's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: War
Minor: Rape, Colonisation, and Violence
abbydee's review
This is an understated book that has grown steadily on me in the hours it took to read and I think will continue to grow on me long afterwards. Its structure is spare and elegant, but with a recurrence of places and ideas that offers a little payoff of familiarity when you unexpectedly encounter them again. Sometimes I thought I wanted more, because none of these essays feels like a hearty full meal, but I came to appreciate how well-made they are. Favorite favorites are " Ӧzdamar's Tongue" and "Blueprint for a House". <3
lawsonmfreeman's review
3.0
Loved the bits about language and people’s stories. The section about women’s hair in literature and media was also super interesting and reminded me of a lesson I had in a Shakespeare class about how the state of a character’s mind is shown a lot through the status of their hair.