A review by bruacioly
The August Birds by Octavia Cade
4.0
First of all, I have to say it was very fitting that I should have read this book in August (an awful month, as proved by real life and some of the historical events that happen here - and no August is neither summer nor holiday month where I live).
That being out of the way: I really apprecciated what this book was trying to do and I thought the writing was beautiful, however, it failed in sparking any kind of emotional connection with me.
I felt like there was too much pressure on me to learn all those historical events that were taught in each chapter and honestly I just got kind of tired. Hystory is not my thing.
I just wanted to explore August own story a bit more without all these other ones.
Also, this tyle of magical realism was very confusing for my brain and I could not suspend the disbelief. I kept remembering that this was just a story device and not merging myself into it enough.
All those negatives aside, I higly recommend reading it, it is a short read, the writing is lovely and maybe it will mean more to others than it did to me.
That being out of the way: I really apprecciated what this book was trying to do and I thought the writing was beautiful, however, it failed in sparking any kind of emotional connection with me.
I felt like there was too much pressure on me to learn all those historical events that were taught in each chapter and honestly I just got kind of tired. Hystory is not my thing.
I just wanted to explore August own story a bit more without all these other ones.
Also, this tyle of magical realism was very confusing for my brain and I could not suspend the disbelief. I kept remembering that this was just a story device and not merging myself into it enough.
All those negatives aside, I higly recommend reading it, it is a short read, the writing is lovely and maybe it will mean more to others than it did to me.