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A review by baileys_books
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Religious cults! Betrayal! Found family! Fungal horror! Body horror! Psychological horror! So much horror!!
Rivers Solomon blends such beautiful prose with such visceral discomfort like no one else. Reading this you get lulled into this uncomfortable position of precarious security only to have it ripped away in the most violent, unpredictable way. You know how much is left of the book, and that you can’t expect things to stay safe, but you fall into the comfort of the incredible characters and their encompassing love. Even when that comfort is ripped away and a new layer of horror is stacked onto our beloved Vern and her children, we know that the love is still there.
Rivers Solomon blends such beautiful prose with such visceral discomfort like no one else. Reading this you get lulled into this uncomfortable position of precarious security only to have it ripped away in the most violent, unpredictable way. You know how much is left of the book, and that you can’t expect things to stay safe, but you fall into the comfort of the incredible characters and their encompassing love. Even when that comfort is ripped away and a new layer of horror is stacked onto our beloved Vern and her children, we know that the love is still there.