Book Review
Jun. 30th, 2022 10:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariWhere the Drowned Girls Go
by Seanan McGuire
In this installment of the Wayward Children series, we follow Cora to the Whitethorn Institute, the other school for those who've returned from their otherworlds. At this school, the focus is on rules and structure to make the kids forget their experiences, let go of the desire to go back through their doors, and become more like the children they were before. Cora transfers there in hopes that the Institutes methods will free her from the pull of the Drowned Gods from the Moors. Cora finds that Whitethorn is not quite what it seems and has an agenda beyond rehabilitating returned children.
I very much enjoyed this one - it delves a little deeper than some of the previous volumes. Whitethorn is a sinister and fascinating place, with its own cast of interesting characters. The exploration of the power of names, memory, and forgetting, and their roles in being who you are is beautifully done. I also liked the illustration of different ways of resisting.
by Seanan McGuire
In this installment of the Wayward Children series, we follow Cora to the Whitethorn Institute, the other school for those who've returned from their otherworlds. At this school, the focus is on rules and structure to make the kids forget their experiences, let go of the desire to go back through their doors, and become more like the children they were before. Cora transfers there in hopes that the Institutes methods will free her from the pull of the Drowned Gods from the Moors. Cora finds that Whitethorn is not quite what it seems and has an agenda beyond rehabilitating returned children.
I very much enjoyed this one - it delves a little deeper than some of the previous volumes. Whitethorn is a sinister and fascinating place, with its own cast of interesting characters. The exploration of the power of names, memory, and forgetting, and their roles in being who you are is beautifully done. I also liked the illustration of different ways of resisting.
