Crow Court

So, I don't particularly appreciate reading a summary of a book right before I start it. I like to go in with some vague knowledge – genre, period, etc. – but I don't want to know much about the plot.

That backfired with Crow Court. I was so flipping confused as each chapter seemed to have nothing to do with the previous, aside from a brief mention of a character that appeared earlier. Or I'd think I knew who the chapter was about, but I couldn't remember any character names. It's more of a collection of short stories with a deep, deep underlying connection that I do not understand. I know some of them were originally published as short stories. Still, the book seems like it's caught in a strange in-between novel and story collection that I didn't necessarily dislike, but I wouldn't go searching out.

I did enjoy the stories, but since it claimed it was a novel, I kept waiting for everything to come together. It didn't.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.