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Kay Chronister

Auteur van Desert Creatures

3+ Werken 124 Leden 6 Besprekingen

Werken van Kay Chronister

Desert Creatures (2022) 94 exemplaren
Thin Places (2020) 29 exemplaren
The Bog Wife 1 exemplaar

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TW/CW: Death, death of a baby, sexual assault, child sexual abuse, body horror, post-apocalyptic

REVIEW: Desert Creatures is the story of Magdala, a young girl/young woman who is trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in the American southwest.

This book is trigger heavy and very dark. It’s also not a happy story, although it ends on a slightly upbeat note.

I can’t say that I loved this book, but it wasn’t terrible. It was very strange, and although I could follow the story, the jumps in time (there are two major ones) and the changes in viewpoint make it a little difficult to follow at spots. When I finished this book, I wasn’t sure exactly what the point of it was. I understood what was happening, but I’m not sure how it all fit in to a understandable story, especially as the ending seemed to go in a completely different direction in the last five pages.

Anyway, I didn’t hate this book, but I didn’t love it either. I would have liked to have finished it feeling a little clearer about the whole idea and purpose of it.
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Anniik | 4 andere besprekingen | Feb 3, 2024 |
This post-apocalyptic novel was oftentimes equally harrowing and heartbreaking. The story gripped me, and I felt immersed in the weird and wonderful world of the Remainder. The stuffed men were super creepy and I will never look at a cactus the same way again!
 
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LynnMPK | 4 andere besprekingen | Jan 30, 2024 |
Writing like silk to the touch but distressingly off-putting and funereal.
½
 
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Lemeritus | Sep 24, 2023 |
5 stars for the cover artwork. I am normally a fan of post-apocalypse/dystopian novels. Reading this, I felt like I had somehow missed big parts of the story. I had a lot of "why" and "what" questions. More description would have helped me visualize better what the author was trying to say. The story really meandered and I finished the book wondering what I was supposed to take away from it.
 
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LittleSpeck | 4 andere besprekingen | Jun 20, 2023 |

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3
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7
Leden
124
Populariteit
#161,165
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½ 3.6
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6
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8

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