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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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:
Yes
Not sure if this is pretentious and overdone or if there there might be a quiet virtuosity here. This book feels like creative nonfiction rather than a novel, but the protagonist (indeed, all the characters) are so self-conscious that it takes on a blurry meta quality. I ended up liking this book more than I thought I would at the beginning, which sounded a lot like the sad-girl poetry we all used to write.
I think books like this, books that are moments instead of narrative, are cop outs. I also think they are the only kind of book I could write.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Did not expect to cry as much as I did.
Wonderful little stream of consciousness thoughts on a marriage. It taking place in Brooklyn makes it feel more personal.
Good short read. Would recommend.
Wonderful little stream of consciousness thoughts on a marriage. It taking place in Brooklyn makes it feel more personal.
Good short read. Would recommend.
4.5; Poignant and touching. I really liked it.
reflective
fast-paced
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
reflective
fast-paced
Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation (a read-in-one-sitting book) is like eavesdropping on the innermost thoughts of a woman unraveling-which is brilliant and quietly heartbreaking.
She uses sharp, fragmented bursts that captures the slow erosion of identity that comes with marriage, motherhood, and unmet artistic ambition. Sigh.
Offill makes the ordinary feel profound, balancing humor with gut-punch moments of honesty.
It’s not a traditional novel-it’s a mood, a reckoning, a glimpse into the mind of someone trying to hold onto themselves as life keeps pulling them under.
Beautiful, strange, and so very real.
She uses sharp, fragmented bursts that captures the slow erosion of identity that comes with marriage, motherhood, and unmet artistic ambition. Sigh.
Offill makes the ordinary feel profound, balancing humor with gut-punch moments of honesty.
It’s not a traditional novel-it’s a mood, a reckoning, a glimpse into the mind of someone trying to hold onto themselves as life keeps pulling them under.
Beautiful, strange, and so very real.
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes