You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

A review by saint_eleanor
Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is incredibly beautiful. It's really a magical picture of feral girlhood that was so heartbreaking while somehow like making almost zero sense. Highly metaphorical and reliant on symbolic literary devices instead of reality. I think my favorite was a child's description of a cement mixer as "a giant gray wasp grinding up larvae and secreting jelly, thats how sidewalk is made". It unsettled me so much because I felt like it was actually written from the perspective of a child. The nonsensical-ness and the logic was so realistically child-like. A lovely book about women and our bodies, ghosts, and ownership. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
Accept and close

By using The StoryGraph, you agree to our use of cookies.
We use a small number of cookies to provide you with a great experience.

Find out more