A review by rstafford
Pure by Julianna Baggott

5.0

I liked this so much! Initially, I wasn't sure this was a book for me -- the people fused to inanimate objects felt nightmarish, though of course, that aspect was clearly intentional. But the more I read, the more I accepted the grotesque elements, and they came to be far less disturbing . My favorite part of the book is how Baggott lets us into the mind of so many of her characters, without every overwhelming the reader or seeming diffuse. She does an amazing job with narrating a sense of loss, and nostalgia for a time that most of the characters can't even imagine.