pickThe short plot description of this novel, 'a mostly mute young person of unidentified gender or race with memory loss is taken in by a family in a small southern town' doesn't begin to describe the experience of reading the novel because of how we view the events through that person's perspective. Instead of Pew being the focus of a mystery, we see various characters spreaking to them in long unanswered portions that almost remind me of a play, 👇
Billypar in that almost no one says what they really mean, and what outwardly passes for Christian hospitality is undercut with menace and anxiety in equal doses. It's less of a novel with some neat message about sexism or racism than one that looks into the core of what drives those behaviors in the first place. This was my first novel from Lacey, and I was very impressed with her lyricism, ear for dialogue, and just the right amount of humor mixed in. 11h
sarahbarnes Great review. I loved this one. 11h
Ruthiella @Billypar @sarahbarnes I feel like if you two did #AuldLangSpine you‘d be pretty well matched!😅 10h
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Billypar @sarahbarnes I was just looking back at a few older, very positive Litsy reviews when it came out, and I think I completely missed it. 1h
sarahbarnes @Ruthiella you might be right! I‘ve never done #AuldLangSpine! 1h
sarahbarnes @Billypar I just read her new one and really liked it. 1h
Billypar @Ruthiella Agreed! @sarahbarnes and I were both part of the #nyrbbookclub led by @vivastory, and I think that group was on the same wavelength - Pew would have fit right in with those picks. 1h
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