A review by esquared
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
2.0
I was on track to give this 4 stars but then the last couple of chapters showed up and ruined the whole thing. What the fuck was that? And why?? Then it just kind of abruptly ended…I almost thought I must be missing a few pages in my copy of the book.
I absolutely loved White Is For Witching and was looking forward to reading more from Helen Oyeyemi, but this has me questioning if I’d want to read any more of her work. She writes beautifully and really pulls me in to her characters but the rat catcher ‘twist’ at the end is bizarre and just plain disrespectful to the trans community.
I absolutely loved White Is For Witching and was looking forward to reading more from Helen Oyeyemi, but this has me questioning if I’d want to read any more of her work. She writes beautifully and really pulls me in to her characters but the rat catcher ‘twist’ at the end is bizarre and just plain disrespectful to the trans community.