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A review by jdalton
Needle by Patrice Lawrence
5.0
Thank you to Netgalley and Barrington Stoke Teen for a review copy of this story.
Though this story is short, that doesn’t mean it isn’t powerful. How do we say sorry when we don’t have anything to be sorry for? That’s the question Charlene has to face when the injustices she faces are used against her in ways that don’t seem fair.
I loved both the simplicity of the story telling as well as the imagery of knitting, especially as a novice knitter myself. So when Charlene’s work got ruined, my heart broke along side it, and that transferred over as we learned more about her and the tragic events of her past.
Though this story is short, that doesn’t mean it isn’t powerful. How do we say sorry when we don’t have anything to be sorry for? That’s the question Charlene has to face when the injustices she faces are used against her in ways that don’t seem fair.
I loved both the simplicity of the story telling as well as the imagery of knitting, especially as a novice knitter myself. So when Charlene’s work got ruined, my heart broke along side it, and that transferred over as we learned more about her and the tragic events of her past.