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A review by lakediver
Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
4.0
This book is not a thriller. It is not a whodunit. I've glanced over some of the reviews, and this seems to be most people's primary complaint with it. This book is about identity. It's about the impact that Lucinda's death has on three people in this small town. It's about loneliness and isolation. More than anything, it's about the complicated nature of love, in all it's messy glory. Love that isn't movie perfect, with people that aren't movie perfect. Unrequited love and dying love. Love that used to be and love that never really was. Lucinda's death merely gives us the lens with which to examine these people.
The prose in this novel is absolutely outstanding. I found it to be a very compelling, fast read. However, I didn't feel like we really needed Russ's point of view. I found that chapters written from Cameron's and Jade's perspectives to be very enjoyable, but Russ's kind of dragged for me.
The prose in this novel is absolutely outstanding. I found it to be a very compelling, fast read. However, I didn't feel like we really needed Russ's point of view. I found that chapters written from Cameron's and Jade's perspectives to be very enjoyable, but Russ's kind of dragged for me.