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A review by etosaurus
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
All I am is an empty shell. I look all right from a distance, but up close there’s nothing there, nothing behind the pretty whorls and brittle exterior.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
A central plot point in this book is a virus that attacks the respiratory system and has a high, sudden mortality rate, and the main character's mother also died of a sudden illness. Additionally, on the subject of anti-vax: while I do not believe that the author herself is anti-vax, and this book well pre-dates COVID, another central plot point involves foregoing the vaccine in an attempt to take control of one's future / no longer live in fear and to forge connectedness with the world. This was concerning/offputting to me because of the way it echo'd some antivax sentiments.