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A lot of the scenes were allusions to being intersex and/or trans, especially since the intersection of identities being an underlying theme of Sorrowland. There were so many visceral sentences that were punches in the gut, thoughts so accurate and candid no one else dared think. All of these characters are beautiful and real and passionate, their drives raw and primal. When she meets Bridget and Gogo (Lakota, winkte), they become her found family.

She would do anything to keep her children safe and as innocent as possible. Vern is hungry to live and to be free, like her endless hunger for food. Despite the pain and lingering memories from the past, the theme of rebirth-which the book opens with-creates a hopeful tone. Throughout the story, there are countless Biblical references as well as mentions of historical and modern events that pertains to racism. It is disturbing, both in raw descriptions and the recurring horrors of history. The main concept is the cycle of history, with great emphasis on the violence against Black and Indigenous peoples in America. I used to wish for a book in contemporary settings that references history and beliefs while telling a brand new story deeply influenced by the past. She is both stronger and more vulnerable, and she starts to understand that the power of the past while struggling to raise the twins with the freedom she never had. Over the next several months and years, Vern’s body begins to change.

Vern grew up in the Blessed Acres of Cain, a religious compound that was supposed to be a Black utopia, but she had to escape because everything there seems to be a lie. Sorrowland opens in the woods with the fifteen-year-old Vern-who is Black, albino (the term is used in text), and intersex-giving birth to twins Howling and Feral, the latter also has albinism. Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Literary FictionĬlick on the cover for my review on Goodreads.Ĭontent warnings: animal killings, self harm, childbirth, alcohol abuse, cult, gaslight, pedophilia, blood, death, drowning, rape, attempted forcing of medication, torture, hallucination, brainwash, non-consensual medical experiment, reclaimed d slur, suicide, cannibalism?, voyeurism?, drug abuse, child abuse.