A review by brogan7
Girl Runner by Carrie Snyder
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
I loved this book! It runs along at speed, I just wanted more more more, I loved Aganetha, of course, but I also loved the cast of characters around her: Glad, incomparable Glad...her mother...her sister, Olive...the farm, her young years, her old years, the couple of kids who pick her up from the old age home where she lives...
It's a book about times long past and yet the characters are so contemporary.
Very well executed, the only drawbacks were some plot developments towards the end that felt very engineered and unnecessary, really.
Overall a great read, metaphors to die for, a world so real and with such vivid edges...one not to forget, right up there with Margaret Laurence.
It's a book about times long past and yet the characters are so contemporary.
Very well executed, the only drawbacks were some plot developments towards the end that felt very engineered and unnecessary, really.
Overall a great read, metaphors to die for, a world so real and with such vivid edges...one not to forget, right up there with Margaret Laurence.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Abortion, Misogyny, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Minor: Alcoholism