Laura's Reviews > Cwen

This was a weird one for me. Loved the concept but not the execution. The feminist themes were great, some of the prose was lovely (other sections rambled), and I particularly liked the characters of Zoe and Camille since they seemed more developed than most of the other characters.

The narration style was bizarre. Chapters were seemingly arbitrarily designated to different characters but had omniscient perspectives of other characters included. I found the pages from the perspective island/goddess Cwen to be an irritating mish-mash of different historical and mythical figures that didn’t add to the story (or perhaps some of the intended symbolism went over my head).

Overall, it’s a book that’s left me thinking and it’s something I’ll probably pick up again in a few years to see if my feelings will change.