Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon contains so much wisdom and insight, wrapped in an abundance of passion and fury and tenderness. Night Shyamalan, and Marge Piercy got together they might, if they were lucky, produce something with the unstoppable exhilaration of this nove l. Nature, joy, science, belonging, human metamorphosis, generational oppression, strength, and sheer lust for life: if Toni Morrison, M. Sorrowland is a raw, powerful, and visceral read. And then I wanted more ! Djèlí Clark, author of Ring Shout Once I started, I could not put down Sorrowland until I reached the end. This is imaginative storytelling at its finest. The characters - bold, creative, and memorable. The writing is visceral and soul-clenching. Jordy Rosenberg, author of Confessions of the Fox A gorgeous, singular, and profound wor k. This is a fairy tale for adults, spangled in the wreckage of the world. An epic fantasy that interweaves righteous, large-scale confrontations with power, extremely sexy and moving erotic gothic horror, and exquisite, meticulous renderings of the daily life of parenting. Sorrowland seizes the history of white supremacy, racist medical experimentation, and the dream - and danger - of the commune and gnashes it into something magnificent and truly reparative. Utterly compelling, brilliant and terrifying. Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning authorĪ furious utopia.
At the centre of this world and leaping off the page is Vern: unstoppable, unforgettable, and unlike anyone you have ever seen before. Sorrowland is a wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real. This country has a dark history of what it's willing to do to black bodies, and Rivers Solomon lays that truth bare in a most unexpected, absolutely brilliant way. Sorrowland is gorgeous, and the writing, the storytelling, are magnificent. I want to say about this book, its only imperfection is that it ended. On An Unkindness of Ghosts: What Solomon achieves with this debut - the sharpness, the depth, the precision - puts me in mind of a syringe full of stars. On An Unkindness of Ghosts: Solomon debuts with a raw distillation of slavery, feudalism, prison, and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine.Stunning. Lee Child on An Unkindness of Ghosts: Immediately immersive and sophisticated. Solomon's impassioned, speculative, literary book is sorely needed on library shelves. Infused with the spirit of Octavia Butler and loaded with meaning for the present day, An Unkindness of Ghosts will appeal to a wide variety of readers.
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