When Women Were Dragons

It hurts my soul to have to rate this one two stars. I LOVE The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill, so I had high hopes for this one. But unfortunately, I didn't love it.

When Women Were Dragons has some beautifully written scenes.. extremely so, but there are so many themes and allegories and points jam packed in, and they really detract from the story amd come across as preachy (where you can tell the author is trying to “say something” but mostly forcing it and interrupting the story flow).

Someone at my book club said it's like Kelly Barnhill knew she was only going to ever write one adult novel and tried to put everything she wanted to say in it. And that about sums it up..