Wednesday, 13 August 2025

The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce

Being an only child, sibling relationships will always and forever be an undiscovered country for me. (not my favourite Star Trek movie, but I'll go with it.) Even watching my kids' relationship as they grow into their adult roles doesn't have the same affect.

Rachel Joyce has written a big, sprawling (yet intimate at the same time) novel about sibling relationships. How they develop from birth, how parents affect them, how they grow and how they can fracture. Joyce also touches on “do 'great' (or at least commercially successful) artists get a pass on being jerks because Artist”. (I do not think so, for the record.)

I was sort of expecting a Big Twist and was somewhat surprised when it never came. I do think that the novel is stronger for that.

Recommended!

I received an ARC copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

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