Still life novel review6/20/2023 ![]() It could be twee, it could fail, but instead it works. ![]() King’s creative twist is that Sarah keeps meeting other versions of herself: 10-year-old Sarah, 23-year-old Sarah, even briefly 40-year-old Sarah. She’s kept so many things locked up for so many years that she can’t see what’s happening around her, and she’s created such a deep black hole of emotions - they go in and never see light again - that it’s permeated her ability to deal with everything and anything. ![]() 16-year-old Sarah, around whom the story centers, can’t admit anything, even to herself. ![]() Her trademark surrealism/magic realism/mind f-ery (magic surrealism, maybe?) is the perfect device for the examination of trauma, repression, and adolescent angst. King excels when she examines the emotional weight of teenage lives. ![]()
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