[Reading] Someone You Can Build A Nest In - John Wiswell

[white_hart]

I didn't buy John Wiswell's debut novel, Someone You Can Build A Nest In, when it came out, despite seeing a lot of buzz about it from people whose opinions I generally respect, because I suspected it might edge a bit too close to horror for me, but I kept seeing more and more buzz and it got nominated for awards and Wiswell seems like the kind of author I want to support financially, so in the end I bought a copy.

Surprisingly enough, it turned out to be a bit too close to horror for me (I just can't do amorphous tentacled blobs and viscera), though I can see why people with a higher gore-tolerance than me loved it - despite the horror elements it's basically a very sweet, extremely queer romance, using monstrosity to stand in for a lot of things about difference and othering.

Comments

[white_hart]

If you persevere the romance is lovely, and it has some very funny moments and sharp observations, but there is a lot of ick.