Reviews and Comments

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.

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.

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 :)

so drastische sprache und so polemisch wie sibylle berg aber (zumindest für mich) überraschender und mehr gehalt. die drei charaktere liefern viele "hot takes" über metoo und feminismus insgesamt, das älterwerden und drogen. manchmal einfach schwachsinnig, aber oft auch richtige perlen dabei. ich mochte sie alle drei recht gern und musste viel lachen beim hören. überlege es mir noch mal in print zu kaufen.