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Title: Tattoo Girl
Author: Brooke Stevens
Published: New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 322
Total Page Count: 75,476
Text Number: 222
Read For: recommended by Terri Windling in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection, borrowed from the library
Short Review: A young girl, named Emma, is discovered in a mall after hours, mute, covered in blood, and tattooed with fish scales. Former circus fat lady Lucy adopts her, and the two begin a quest to discover Emma's past. A dark, gritty story with glints of magical realism, Tattoo Girl is primarily a journey of strength through self-acceptance, a strong theme which makes for an equally strong ending. But both characters and antagonists are over-exaggerated, making their struggles unbelievable. Tattoo Girl is still an enjoyable, worthwhile read—but it could have been better. Recommended.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Author: Brooke Stevens
Published: New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001
Rating: 4 of 5
Page Count: 322
Total Page Count: 75,476
Text Number: 222
Read For: recommended by Terri Windling in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection, borrowed from the library
Short Review: A young girl, named Emma, is discovered in a mall after hours, mute, covered in blood, and tattooed with fish scales. Former circus fat lady Lucy adopts her, and the two begin a quest to discover Emma's past. A dark, gritty story with glints of magical realism, Tattoo Girl is primarily a journey of strength through self-acceptance, a strong theme which makes for an equally strong ending. But both characters and antagonists are over-exaggerated, making their struggles unbelievable. Tattoo Girl is still an enjoyable, worthwhile read—but it could have been better. Recommended.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
