Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

 

Around the World in 80,000 Pages - Book 9

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

You can read about my Around the World in 80,000 Pages challenge here.

Miles travelled: 458

Pages read: 3,197

Disclaimer: I'm rather behind on my reviews, so they will be super brief until I get caught up again.

From our last book, we travel just six miles down the road, into Oxford itself (and thus stick with the Oxfordshire flag). 

Everything Other is a modern retelling of the Oedipus legend, set around the canals and forgotten backstreets of Oxford.

Although the story is well constructed and raises interesting questions around gender identity it just didn't fully catch my attention, and seemed slightly lacklustre in sections.

Overall, I gave it 91/140 which just scrapes it ★★★★☆. The suggested accompanying music is Pyramid Song by Oxford's own Radiohead.