I just finished reading Plain Kate by Erin Bow. It was a beautiful book. It sat on my shelf for some time and I read a number of other things before I actually opened it because I knew it was going to be a delicious read. It felt like having a gift certificate to a fancy restaurant – I wanted to save it because I knew it would be special, and I wasn’t disappointed.
My favorite thing about it was that the language and imagery was rich and fully matched to the world within the book – a detail that shows care and creativity on the part of the author. The story was original and haunting and reading it reminded me of reading A Curse Dark As Gold in that it was a ghost story unlike any other. Interesting that both were edited by the same editor… I can only hope that Plain Kate goes on to win the William Morris just like Curse did as it deserves it!
