A review by roaming_enn
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and the story! This young woman (a teenager) escapes the cult in which she grew up and then gives birth to twins. They live in the woods for a couple of years before she decides to take them into the city. All the while her body is being taken over by a fungus. 

Whatever Eaton Fields and Allie had done to Verne that was not the fungus’s fault. Complex enough to hold the lives of however many thousands in its Celsius it was a living being as much as Vern was. 

Vern thought of Howling and Feral, how they’d lived in her body. During that time, she had nourished then, but after their birth with all their love, they’d been the ones to nourish her. 

So, too, would the fungus.

She later returns to the compound where she discovers the truth about the purpose of it and where she must confront her past demons. The book is about Black American culture and generational trauma. I read this for the Trans Rights Readathon, as the author is nonbinary. I’ve read another book by Solomon, but there’s so much more to read from them! 
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