A review by gizmo_gadget
The Yield by Tara June Winch

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I really enjoyed the first half of this book but then I didn’t have time/energy to read it for about a week, lost my flow and the end didn’t hit the same. Nevertheless it was a fantastic read, and I really liked the heavy, meaningful description woven through the plot, and the stark contrast with the main character’s bare description of her physical and psychological identity. A very poignant and double-edged description of dissociation (double-edged in the sense that it serves as a metaphor for traumatic dissociation and loss of cultural identity). I especially liked how the grandfather’s encyclopaedia injected important meanings into the text as it went, that made you rethink the previous chapter/s. Love him a lot, quality old man. 
Interesting but probably purely coincidental plot parallels between this and Lukashenko’s Too Much Lip that made me do a couple of double takes when I first started reading. The tone, characterisation, and the plot pace of the books couldn’t be more different in the end.