Amy E. Casey

The book description for "The Sturgeon's Heart" is very apt, but for that reason I'm glad I forgot the particulars of it when I finally got to reading the book itself. All I knew was that it featured a man whose skin was turning transparent, and I really really loved going into it almost completely blind.

"Three people in the same northern city of Duluth, Minnesota, are vanishing in different ways."

Howard and Sarah want to disappear; in contrast Jo is struggling to find her place in the world and inadvertently brings them together. I found the story to be a lovely meditation on loneliness, the ways it can hurt and comfort, and the healing power of nature. I loved the writing as well, which is so well-wrought and vivid, whether it was describing flower arrangements, shipwrecks, or the grotesque beauty of muscle and veins and blood. I held my hand up in front of my face at one point and tried to imagine what it would look like if my skin was transparent too.

LTER once again has introduced me to an amazing indie book I would've otherwise never heard of, thank you!

btw if you're like me and don't trust adult fiction when a cat or dog is introduced and end up worrying whether it's going to be killed in some horrible way for drama, don't worry. Nothing happens to Jo's cat Ike… (más)

I won a copy from LT's Early Reader program. Ty!

-Back of the book categories:
Fiction-Literary / Fiction-Magical Realism

@15% I LOVE it. A chapter at a time we are introduced to who I believe are our 3 main characters. We meet them individually and I love the presentation of WHO they are to us.
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I’m finished now and I’m feeling like I’m probably not the right person for this book. I don’t have the ability to decipher the deeper meaning of the story. For me the story is almost like a “slice of life” story. We meet three unique individuals navigating their life. I was eagerly absorbing all that was shared about them.

As the description tells you, their lives intersect at one point and then we get a glimpse of their lives after the intersection. If you like to puzzle out deeper meanings, to use the facts about sturgeon instincts interspersed throughout the story to help guide your understanding, then I would recommend.

The description is accurate and tells the story in a nutshell but there has to be something more there. I hope the right kind of reader finds the story.… (más)