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A review by blacksphinx
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
When it was pitched to me as "Rosemary's Baby meets Salem's Lot in New York City", I was interested. When I listened to Nat Cassidy talk about this book and he said it was, in part, a Jewish vampire story, I was sold. It more than delivered on those promises with a building that feels alive, some of the most horrific body horror I've ever read, and an extremely satisfying series of Chekov's guns going off at the end.
Please publishers, give us more disabled protagonists and more Jewish horror!
Please publishers, give us more disabled protagonists and more Jewish horror!
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Grief, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Death of parent
This book in takes in New York City after the start of the pandemic; characters only take minimal precautions against covid.