A weird little book. Very confusing and playful read that feels hyper local even as it gestures at us from a veil of myth and absurdity. I struggled to follow the dialect and sing-songy fae riddles, and there was not a lot of exposition. The action moves quickly between dream and waking, through reflections of reflections where the characters meet themselves and run alongside and from figures of legend and tabloid comics. I enjoyed feeling lost in this world though, and the characters' actions resonated deeply with meaning, particularly as the book reached its climax in the meeting of Joe, Treacle Walker and Thin Amren. A meaning I couldn't hope to grasp on first reading, but I'm sure it's in there! — or out there?

 *Borrowed from BPL*