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A review by attackrat
Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I can tell this was hugely inspired by the pandemic and the isolation and loneliness epidemic that followed, but it actually served as an effective story rather than some of the other too-on-the-nose COVID books i’ve seen.
I do think that this was a bit too internal for me to enjoy that much. It was in service to the narrative to be an ungrounded and sort of cerebral experience but a lot of the narration is just her asking herself rhetorical questions to get us questioning what’s real and that was just a cheap shot. The narration is effective in doing that in other ways so it was an odd choice that started to grate on me.
But in the end, I did think this was a good story. The theme of isolation and the near psychosis that can come from it worked really well.
I do think that this was a bit too internal for me to enjoy that much. It was in service to the narrative to be an ungrounded and sort of cerebral experience but a lot of the narration is just her asking herself rhetorical questions to get us questioning what’s real and that was just a cheap shot. The narration is effective in doing that in other ways so it was an odd choice that started to grate on me.
But in the end, I did think this was a good story. The theme of isolation and the near psychosis that can come from it worked really well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture and Violence