A review by booksillremember
Pew by Catherine Lacey

reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. The premise was intriguing and I usually enjoy stories with ambiguous settings, characters and endings. There are some punchy metaphors here and there and some subtle observations.

But with this one, I feel it's trying to be too many things all at once.
The characters are too complex for it to work as a fable and too one-dimensional for it to work as a morally complex novel. The mix of show-don't-tell and tell-don't-show doesn't really work for me because neither feel fully fleshed out. The church people are ridiculously cringe and bigoted, whereas the more abstract commentary just feels preachy and sometimes a bit prerentious. 



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