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Brood by Jackie Polzin

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jackcnichols's review against another edition

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dark funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

laurenleyendolibros's review against another edition

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emotional informative lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

A few readers I trust completely wrote to me early this year telling me I would love this book. I have never felt so seen and understood (both by them and by this book). As someone who has gone to extreme lengths to keep my chickens alive (RIP Peggy) I understood our nameless narrator implicitly. Brood may seemingly be a book of chickens but it’s actually a book of the particular grief that follows a miscarriage. Polzin is comfortable with dark humour and this book is as funny as it is sad. The writing is GLORIOUS! I could eat prose this good. It won’t be for everyone but it is decidedly for me and will be in my top books of the year without doubt. It’s a specific joy to feel so seen by a book and the people who read them.

dorianlesenechal's review

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

loesje_kr's review against another edition

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4.0

for the chicken lovers

bsmith27's review against another edition

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3.0

A woman has 4 chickens in a semi suburban neighborhood in Minnesota. It is about her life but also about the chickens. In the end they die as as she begins to move. It feels like an incomplete story. I want to know if she was able to get pregnant again, after a miscarriage.