Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter6/28/2023 At first I thought Laini Taylor, and later that changed to Catherynne M. I kept trying to figure out what it reminded me of. It reminds me that there are always options. So it’s not too surprising that I tend to wind up wandering around the graves. Mosaics of garbage and broken glass in the mud. On the living side of the fence we have plastic kids’ bikes wedged into the balconies of burned-out apartment buildings. It's also a dark, gory, magical tale full of beautiful imagery and just the right amount of snark.Īround here it’s the dead who are living large. It's a story full of bizarre dreams, walking hands (yeah, just the hands), witches setting impossible tasks and an absent father who is now a German Shepherd. If you read it and thought "sounds a bit weird, but I'll try it", then you're probably not. If you read the blurb and thought "awesome", then you're probably good. A story inspired by the Russian folktale Vassilissa the Beautiful. The book promises a fairy tale version of Brooklyn, NYC, with talking wooden dolls, a witch's curse and people partying on rooftops at sunset. This is one of those books that I absolutely loved but I'd hesitate before rushing out to recommend it. I’m slipping, saying too much in a night this deep and strange the boundaries start to blur.
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