To me strange is fascinating and interesting and creative. The strangeness calls to me-I’m intrigued by the bizarre faeries, the often disgusting scenes. The writing is descriptive, but the descriptions are sharp and poignant rather than dragging, and the confusing plot just needs a little bit of attention. But a common complaint is that a reader finds the writing messy, the plot confusing, the book strange. It would seem that readers either love or hate Tithe. I smoked cigarettes and drank bourbon and I fell in love with someone very dangerous. When I initially read Tithe, I lived vicariously through Kaye. In fact, I find this to be remarkable and immensely important for young women. Where’s the harm in a book that shows these darker sides of life, and show a strong, able, female character overcoming them?” Your daughter will go through things that you would never want for her and cannot possibly imagine. I wanted to take this woman by the arm, who claimed that she would never let her daughter read that book, and I wanted to say, “Sweetheart. One of the misinformed reviews I read about Tithe claimed that the book should be rated R, and I just laughed. It isn’t by any means glorious-there’s teen drinking, gruesome images, and the novel teems with sexuality. I wanted more of the silver knight, more of the deliciously dark faery world. It was so dark, so beautifully written, and so enticing. I first read Tithe when I was young, probably the same age as the main character, Kaye-16.
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