I feel this book to be a three. It look me a while to get through as not all the essays piqued my interests (or I had to read multiple times because I was not understanding it). I think it was written well but just wasn’t quite for me. There were some very beautiful essays despite the 3 stars and I would still recommend people to try it.

Pigeon house is an collection of word of mouth tales, told over tea kettles and in whispers and passed through the centuries. Stories that should not be told but also not forgotten, you won't want to miss this as we are led down a rabbit hole of mysterious tales.

A beautifully written collection of stories about the strife of being a woman. As moving and powerful as women are in the face of life and love and loss.

I love pigeons so I was very intrigued to read this collection of stories and overall I ended up really enjoying the collection.

I loved this book!!! I finished it very quickly & loved every second of it.

Every story follows a different woman & delves into their lives. I felt this author did a great job at portraying women’s lives, especially the struggles they face in everyday life.

This author did an amazing job at making me feel every emotion while reading& that isn’t an easy feat.

Thank you netgalley & the publisher for giving me access to the eARC in return for an honest review!

I'm not big on short stories but I am VERY big on pigeons. I quite enjoyed the eponymous short story, which was full of such birds. I also enjoyed the short stories about the selkie as well as disappearing people. These stories varied greatly in length, ranging from a page to many pages. They were a bit fantastical and weird, too.

If you're a vibes reader, you'll love 𝙋𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚. Each short has a similar loss of something or someone with slightly kaleidoscoped turns. Violence is also a main theme, especially against oneself, and the actions of others. Melancholy and regret seep within the pain.

A few favorites of the collection were "Pomegranate Seeds & the Heart of Men," "The Fisherman's Wife," and "Sanctuary." Each one examined the role of women in society through mythology and social lenses. A very real sensation of movement in time and yet not.

Quick, biteable stories you can read between errands or waiting for an appointment. However, I feel like the description didn't necessarily match the stories told.

This wasn't really what I expected it to be. Some of the stories were enthralling and I felt like I couldn't devoir them fast enough. Others felt like I was trudging through them just to get to the end. It was an overall positive reading experience but my enjoyment was just so varied story to story.

Thank netgalley and querencia for letting me review this ARC!

Pigeon house is a collection of unsettling, atmsospheric short stories that read like a collection of poems or prayers. I flew through it, and some of these stories made impressions that i will be thinking of for a long time (Shiver, Tree Woman; torpedo). A lot of reflection of the magic of women alone- by choice or by fate, and the feelings/experiences that come with it. Sometimes I felt like the stories were too similar, but that was the point of the collection yes? Tracing a thread of alone v lonely.

An extraordinary collection of fiction. These stores will leave you thinking about them for quite some time. Told with bold and lyrical prose, the variety covers many themes which may trigger some readers so please check. Overall I enjoyed this collection, it is whimsical yet dark in many unique ways.

"Pigeon House" contains a collection of atmospheric, poignant short stories that I personally feel do a beautiful job of portraying the sorrows of womanhood, specifically possible traumas that sometimes coincide with being a woman. At the same time this collection of short stories almost feel multichromatic, in the way that each person will have a different perception of these stories depending on their experiences and the light in which they read them. A few stories that I felt really stood out were The Fisherman's Wife, Pigeon House, and Seeking Soul Mate and the Granada Theatre. My absolute favorite story being Bureau of Evaporation, which made me ball my eyes out for the hauntingly beautiful way it depicted depression. I will one hundred percent being a physical copy of the final copy so I can annotate the crap out of I loved it so much.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher who provided me with an ebook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A beautiful, atmospheric collection of short stories about love, loss, sadness, loneliness and heartbreak. Just a heads-up: there are stories about abuse, child loss, depression and, I think, suicide.

The stories in "Pigeon House" are wonderfully woven together by vivid descriptions of nature. Some stories are slightly paranormal; some have a touch of magic realism, and some are very dreamlike. There are references to Alice Hoffmans work in this book, and as a fan of Hoffmans work, I feel this book slightly resembles Hoffman's writing.

Some stories really stood out to me. "The fisherman's wife", "The girl with dragonfly wings" and "Shiver, Tree Woman" were amazing!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher who provided me with an ebook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

What an absolute gem of a short story collection. It’s full of magic, heartache, beautiful and somber tones. The way the author portrays women and their lives and losses is absolutely mesmerizing.
There is a selkie, evaporating people with only clothes left behind, a bear man, an empathetic dragonfly, and of course, a house overrun by pigeons.
I am absolutely obsessed with this, and have a few of the stories tabbed to go back to over and over again. The way the author gives a voice to what haunts the back of our brains… astounding. Please pick this one up!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher who provided me with an ebook copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All of these thoughts and opinions are my own.

OMG, I loved this book and actually finished it in one sitting. The writing style is easy to follow without feeling boring and stale. This book follows several women and each has very distinctive voices and characteristics. While I cared for some stories over others they were all enjoyable.

Gorgeous, strange, lyrical, twisted: these are small stories that sit like gemstones in a pool of still water. They shift as you view them from different angles, and though you’re tempted to grab and possess them, they remain just below the surface, elusive in the promise of what they might be. And that somehow makes them all the more appealing and powerful.

I love this author’s writing. This is the sort of writing to let wash over you. Drink it in.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this eARC for unbiased review.

For those who like lyrical writing and poetry this will probably be a big hit for you. It’s lovely writing.

Unfortunately I prefer more straight forward writing and didn’t enjoy this very much even though I can tell it’s very well written.