Thanks Net Galley for the chance to review this title ahead of the release date.
SOME KIND OF ANIMALS delivers on its premise. We have a girl who’s secret sister Lee who lives in the woods, eats animals and talks with one-word sentences, and whom she sneaks out with nightly to run and play with. I mean, how creepy is that? Nobody believes her when things go awry and Lee makes a rare appearance in a public setting and attacks one of Jo’s friends. This brings a downward spiral for Jo when she runs away with Lee, and her friend Savannah, planning on living int the words and protecting her sister forever and ever. A pipe dream that goes terribly wrong.
I love me a good mystery and a good wilding sister living in the woods and being all cryptic and crazy. I live for these types of books. This book packs all the punches. It’s heartfelt and gritty and depressing AF yet there’s still a glimmer of hope when it comes to Jo and Lee that maybe all can be forgiven and all can be all right in the end. I mean, this is a strange book and I roll over for strange books. Now, part of me wanted to believe that Lee wasn’t really real and Jo was having some sort of mental breakdown, but when I was wrong, it made it all the more terrifying.
Looking back at these reviews it looks like I am in the minority here. But it does go to show you that you have to be a certain type of reader for a certain type of book. So, Maria, please do not fret. A book like this is a risk for debut authors and many won’t understand it. I do. Bring me all the creepy and all the weird and add me on Insta or something, yea?
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