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A review by leoniepeonie
Cwen by Alice Albinia
4.0
I loved how rich this was in myth and meaning, and in being this glorious feminist, inclusive fever-dream. I did think that was a bit at odds with the style of the book, moving through the courtroom drama in the long, drawn-out way that it did, and I thought that hemmed things in a little bit - thinking of how Vigdis Hjorth did similar kinds of battles in Long Live the Post Horn!, I wish there had been a bit more of that energy here in the way the structure worked. The energy and passion was still there, but it felt a bit more constrained, and the collective action it described felt a bit more two-dimensional for it. Zoe and Eva's relationship blossomed within the framework though, and the characters shone and developed really beautifully.
In spite of my complaints about the organisation of it, I just thought this was a really wonderful and moving look at what it might be like to really tackle patriarchy, and I loved how otherworldly it felt even while being very deeply of this world. Plsssss let's have some of this as wholly our world soon.
In spite of my complaints about the organisation of it, I just thought this was a really wonderful and moving look at what it might be like to really tackle patriarchy, and I loved how otherworldly it felt even while being very deeply of this world. Plsssss let's have some of this as wholly our world soon.