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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
This was a very quick read. The format (very short - paragraph length - vignettes) leaves a surprising impression. And I dog-eared quite a few pages with reflections I found so GOOD in what they were saying and the few words in which they were written.
"How has she become one of those people who wears yoga pants all day? She used to make fun of those people. With their happiness maps and their gratitude journals and their bags made out of recycled tire treads. But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be."
"How has she become one of those people who wears yoga pants all day? She used to make fun of those people. With their happiness maps and their gratitude journals and their bags made out of recycled tire treads. But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be."
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity
fast-paced
Reading this book (or listening to it as read by the author, as I did) is like watching performance art. Not for those who enjoy a fast-moving plot or traditionally rendered characters or story arc. More like a long poem about the dissolution of a marriage.
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Stream of consciousness, experimental piece. Really enjoyable if you want to try something different, I admit I'm a bit biased after having read Open Throat - and equally experimental, but felt more focused thematically so I got more out of it.
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“Nerves of Steel.
No favors for fuckers.”
big fan of whatever writing style this is
No favors for fuckers.”
big fan of whatever writing style this is
The structure of this book is simply breathtaking, written in fragments that build the story until the very last page. It’s gorgeous, heartbreaking, and also pure and true. Highly recommend.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dept of Speculation is a book about a woman who is writing about her feelings about marriage motherhood and living through and experiencing the fallout of her husbands infeldelity. She always refers to herself as the wife or any other person in the novel with some title and not really their names or anything personal which might have been a reflection on her disconnection of her feelings and thoughts about her life through these moments.
What you will learn and get out of this is a woman who has to put her own desires and wants aside and sacrifice the things that she wants, in this case becoming an "art monster" as some of the characters describe it and putting that focus into marriage. This can be honestly very relatable to the majority of women who end up reading this.
The book isn't a narrative piece or a story with some grand plot but more of little shots into her life with quotes and poems that resonate with the feelings that this wife is going through during the duration of this book. It is a very interesting piece and almost every line in all honestly is quotable in some regard, the author wanted to focus on the style over the substance in this book and I think in that way she did an amazing job.
What you will learn and get out of this is a woman who has to put her own desires and wants aside and sacrifice the things that she wants, in this case becoming an "art monster" as some of the characters describe it and putting that focus into marriage. This can be honestly very relatable to the majority of women who end up reading this.
The book isn't a narrative piece or a story with some grand plot but more of little shots into her life with quotes and poems that resonate with the feelings that this wife is going through during the duration of this book. It is a very interesting piece and almost every line in all honestly is quotable in some regard, the author wanted to focus on the style over the substance in this book and I think in that way she did an amazing job.