Reviews and Comments

ughh. I couldn't care less about the characters and the plot

holy shit this is so depressing I need a break. I can so easily imagine myself in Esther's place. If career paths (or basically any path in life except marrying and having kids) had been as closed for me as it was for women in the 50s, and if treatment of mental health issues would still be as bad, I think I would have ended up like her.

oof this is kind of depressing but also I really dig listening to Esther's internal monologue, it's similar to my own

I'm not a fan of short stories, but these were so well written that it was enough for me to finish the book. Most of the stories are very dark and scary. As far as I can remember all of them are magical realism from the pov of lesbian women, and mostly they revolve around sexism, sex, physical and mental illnesses. I skipped one of them though ("Especially Heinous" since I don't know the Law&Order series and figured the story would make not much sense to me). I really liked "The Husband Stitch" (omg it made me angry enough to kill), "Inventory" and "The Resident".

by far not worth your time. very predictable romance, nothing witty or funny about it. worst book by t. kingfisher I've come across so far.

nicely written and interesting, but too long for now

Had to give it back to the library - I only managed to read 18 pages in 3 months! Maybe another time.... but this one really feels like work

I love this for the mysticism (they have a glass bead game!), the poetic descriptions of nature and the questioning of the Self. I think it was such a realistic portrayal of the main character's mind, at least I really got into it.

What I didn't notice when reading it for the first time were misogynistic and transmisic undertones :F it didn't spoil the book completely for me, but it's the reason this isn't 5 stars for me. might well ruin it for others.

also, if you're into plot-driven stories, don't pick this up.

finally getting around to reading this

Re-read... I liked it so much the first time that I even started using the quote "The way that can be gone is not the eternal way. The name that can be named is not the eternal name." as a mantra in overwhelming situations. I'm a little afraid of being disappointed on a second read, but I'm also really looking forward to it :)

Sehr gutes Buch, man merkt dass der Autor wirklich viel Leidenschaft für das Thema aufgebracht hat. Im Nachwort schreibt er noch mal dass er im Nachhinein wünschte, er hätte es neutraler geschrieben, aber dann hätte ich es nicht so gern gelesen. Die Fotos der relevanten Personen und Schauplätze haben mir auch gut gefallen, ich habe sie mir immer wieder zwischendurch angeschaut. Ob das Ganze jetzt von der Meinung des Autors so sehr gefärbt war dass es die Wahrheit verfälscht kann ich nicht beurteilen weil ich so wenig Geschichte kenne dass ich es nicht einordnen kann.