A review by meganpbell
This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

#TransRightsReadathon book 2! This Rebel Heart is a queer, Jewish, magical realist retelling of the student-led Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and a rumination on complicity, activism, and love of country, with golems, magic rivers, and polyamory with the Angel of Death. There were some pacing issues for me, but I’m glad this unlikely book exists and that I got to learn, in such an immersive way, about an important historical event I hadn’t heard of before.
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