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Karen Locascio

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Average rating: 4.77 · 13 ratings · 1 review · 2 distinct works
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May All My Wounds Be Mortal

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The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk
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A magnificent and at times rhapsodic work reminiscent to me of other wide-ranging tomes such as The Brothers Karamazov. I enjoyed the magical realism mixed with mysticism and religion and the mundane, as well as the explorations of death and im/morta ...more
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This is definitely not everyone's cup of tea, or perhaps more aptly, roasted bone marrow, but I liked it. This is a gory, dense, and darkly lyrical take on mermaid folklore and im/mortality and god/making. It is pitchblack and bloody and stormdriven, ...more
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I wasn't sure if I wanted to start this review with the quote "Q: What is the evil this world runs on? A: Better you than me." or "If you do not have the power to say no, your yes is meaningless." Both are thematically important to the book, to the h ...more
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I remember when the #metoo movement broke. I remember being struck by the absolutely massive and heartbreaking scope of it, of how women like me and so many others had been silenced, buried. What I didn't know at the time was who started it, Tarana B ...more
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Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
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This is a tough one for me to rate. A worthy story, beautifully written, and even the line breaks and text formatting/orientation largely worked for me. Yet there were moments where I wasn't sure I could finish it. I certainly needed breaks--not beca ...more
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