16 Jul
2026
2026
I try really hard not to read reviews of my books because I believe reviews are for readers, not authors, and what people have to say about my books is kinda none of my business! But! Curiosity overcame me, and I just had to check and see if there was even a single early review for The Art of the Unknown out there in the world…and there is! And it’s pretty great! I have the reviewer’s permission to share it, so I put my janky Canva skills to work and tried to make it pretty, heheheh.
I have copied it below as well, and many thanks to @lalaisalwaysreading over on Instagram for the thoughtful review.
✦•┈๑⋅⋯ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 by 𝚂. 𝙴𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 ⋯⋅๑┈•✦
➝ • 3.5/5 ☆ •
☆꧁✬◦°˚°◦..◦°˚°◦✬꧂☆
This was such an absorbing little dive into the strange. It feels like wandering through someone’s personal collection of oddities and hidden corners, and the way each piece of art is paired with a short reflection works really well. The artwork is honestly my favorite part. There’s so much variety, and a lot of it was completely new to me, which made the whole thing even more fun to move through.
A few sections were less interesting for me, but honestly the unevenness weirdly works here. It’s a book you drift through, picking up bits of history, weird facts, and unexpected connections along the way. I enjoyed learning new things while also just soaking in the visuals.
I wanted a little more depth in a few places, but overall it’s a beautifully curated look at the uncanny and the offbeat, and I really enjoyed it.
☆꧁✬◦°˚°◦..◦°˚°◦✬꧂☆
If you like:
𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝, 𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝 + 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚛𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝, 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜