** spoiler alert ** I received an early copy of the ebook from Bookish First awhile back. I kept seeing people say that they loved this book, that it might be the best book they’ve read all year. Sometimes that makes me put off reading a book because I’m worried that I’ll be the one that doesn’t like it.
Well..darn it...
This book just isn’t for me.
The storyline is interesting, no doubt.
It’s about a woman born with blue skin. There were actually people born with blue skin in real life too. So, that’s an interesting concept already. Her dad is blue and she is the last blue that they know of.
It’s the 1930’s. People were prejudiced against a lot of things. To be one only two blue people makes Cussy’s life very hard. Almost everyone treats her like a pariah, like they might catch something from her.
Her dad wants her to get married, so she’s taken care of after he dies. He offers as big of a dowry as he can because most men aren’t interested in Cussy.
Cussy just wants to keep working her job as a town librarian. This part of the book was especially interesting. Her travels to deliver books and the people she encountered.
Early into the book Cussy is raped by her husband. He does shortly after.
She can now go back to her job.
But then the own preacher starts following her. He happens to be her deceased husband’s relative and he has a morbid curiosity about anyone in town with physical differences. He’s actually killed several of them “by accident” while trying to baptize them.
When the preacher dies after attacking Cussy’s mule, the town doctor promises to keep the secret. But only if her father agrees to let him experiment on her.
What the heck?
I decided to dnf this book. I’m sorry, I just can’t. This might be everyone’s favorite book this year but it’s not going to be mine.
Well..darn it...
This book just isn’t for me.
The storyline is interesting, no doubt.
It’s about a woman born with blue skin. There were actually people born with blue skin in real life too. So, that’s an interesting concept already. Her dad is blue and she is the last blue that they know of.
It’s the 1930’s. People were prejudiced against a lot of things. To be one only two blue people makes Cussy’s life very hard. Almost everyone treats her like a pariah, like they might catch something from her.
Her dad wants her to get married, so she’s taken care of after he dies. He offers as big of a dowry as he can because most men aren’t interested in Cussy.
Cussy just wants to keep working her job as a town librarian. This part of the book was especially interesting. Her travels to deliver books and the people she encountered.
Early into the book Cussy is raped by her husband. He does shortly after.
She can now go back to her job.
But then the own preacher starts following her. He happens to be her deceased husband’s relative and he has a morbid curiosity about anyone in town with physical differences. He’s actually killed several of them “by accident” while trying to baptize them.
When the preacher dies after attacking Cussy’s mule, the town doctor promises to keep the secret. But only if her father agrees to let him experiment on her.
What the heck?
I decided to dnf this book. I’m sorry, I just can’t. This might be everyone’s favorite book this year but it’s not going to be mine.