Strongly poetic writing that is calmly, and deliberately developed in a fully realized ancient world chock-full of very real girl empowerment. The Boneless Mercies holds nothing back being gory, violent, and fierce. The world building was exceptional, that was somehow able to straddle the feeling that this world could exist while simultaneously having magical witches (of swamp and sea), lady-giant man-eating beast, and wolves with blood red fur. While definitely slow moving, there was always a real sense of atmospheric tension that kept me flipping page after page, just wanting to know where this would lead and completely wrapped up in the magic. What I found utterly compelling about The Boneless Mercies is how Tucholke was able to maintain this ethereal, continual feeling of being told a spoken aloud folklore story throughout the entirety of a 300 page novel. Maybe not for everyone, but there is something really special here for those who love stories spoken around a campfire, enjoyed the first The Lord of the Rings movie (where they basically just walked around a forest) and have a thing for Mythology (especially Norse) in your reads. Now it is one of my favourite reads of 2020.
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