Book Review: The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknovitch - With Spoilers

Описание: Review: the book is really good. Now that that’s done, let’s talk about it!

Be warned, there are spoilers here.

The Joan of this book is a futuristic telling of Joan of Arc. She burns, literally and figuratively, with the importance of her mission.

What’s interesting is that the cult leader (the antagonist of this story) is named Jean de Men.

Joan of Arc’s real name was Jeanne.

Is this Joan of Arc’s male counterpart? Keep in mind, the real Joan of Arc dressed as a man. Joan and Jean could be the two faces of Mercury, one side light and the other side dark. Both think they’re righteous, but the real question is which one is right?

As the proverb goes, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Jean de Men likely thinks he’s making the brutal but brave decisions to save humanity. Joan of Arc believed she was going against popular belief to do the same thing.

It’s interesting to see what the author does with gender and even ownership of one’s body. On CIEL, people's bodies are not their own. They’ve been stripped of gender and even the right to take pleasure in their bodies. The only thing left that’s truly theirs is pain. Christine revels in it, using pain to assert her identity, and sense of uniqueness.

The main drawback to this story is that there's just so much going on. It’s hard to keep up with it all.

The Book of Joan is moving, exciting, and sometimes confusing.

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