Damecatoe's review
Threshold
by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Damecatoe's review
Threshold by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Damecatoe's review
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sci-fi_fantasy
I knew from the first sentence that I would like Kiernan's writing style. I have gathered 3 post-its on pages that I wanted to copy a quote from or use an as example. Like an example of how the author describes things: when a character is trying to stay very close to a brick wall so she can remain in it's thin line of shade, Kiernan says she "presses herself scrapbook rosepetal flat." There are dozens of descriptions like that, but that particular one caught my fancy.
The first character we meet is named Chance, and I can't help but picture Amber Benson. The story is set in Birmingham, and I could kiss Kiernan's cheek because not one of the characters has had a warbled Southern accent. There ain't even been no redneck double negatives, y'here? And lo, that is refreshing.
At one point in the narrative, Chance pulls into a parking lot and she's deliberating something and it's mentioned that the radio is playing an old Nirvana song. And I laughed cause I just knew that mea...more
The first character we meet is named Chance, and I can't help but picture Amber Benson. The story is set in Birmingham, and I could kiss Kiernan's cheek because not one of the characters has had a warbled Southern accent. There ain't even been no redneck double negatives, y'here? And lo, that is refreshing.
At one point in the narrative, Chance pulls into a parking lot and she's deliberating something and it's mentioned that the radio is playing an old Nirvana song. And I laughed cause I just knew that mea...more
