A review by loveletterenthusiast
Monster Portraits by Sofia Samatar

i typically have a rule that i’m not allowed to buy books i’ve never heard of but this one called to me so strongly i had to give in…and it did not disappoint. a rich weaving of fantasy and reality, poetry and memoir and critique, coming together to create a delicious chronicle of the other, the in-between, the monster, and the monstrous + gorgeous vicious illustration