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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
Very dark and angsty. I wasn't in the right head space to enjoy this one the way I have Fisher's other work.
Genialna książka. Mocni bohaterowie, zaskakująca końcówka. Nic tylko czytać.
I DON'T KKNOW ANYMORE. TEACH ME HOW TO FEEL. //CREYS UGLY TEARS//
I normally don't read books like this, but I really enjoyed this one until the 60% mark. There are some plot aspects that are frankly ridiculous, so there I was a lot of eye-rolling going as I read. For one - calling someone a "mud vein" in an effort to sound dark and mysterious (even romantic?) is kind of hilarious. The mud vein of the shrimp is its intestinal tract. It will only be brown if it is full of waste, i.e. shrimp poop. So calling someone a mud vein is essentially telling them that they are full of sh*t. Maybe I'm just a 10-year-old boy at heart, but I found this hilarious and incongruous with the tone of the novel and the way that Senna was generally portrayed. She may be full of sh*t but one thing I truly appreciated was Tarryn Fisher's ability to catch herself and/or the protagonist in cliches and call them out immediately, sometimes in the same breath. I loved this.
Spoilers below.
My two main issues with the novel are the following:
1. Senna is often portrayed as a strong independent woman (all good). But the ultimate discovery that concludes the novel and allows her to move forward is that Isaac is her savior and soul mate and that he allowed her to open up, etc. I get that this is a "romance" novel, but isn't that a little old-fashioned? Her self-discovery and psychological recovery is dependent on a man, and her self-sufficiency is often portrayed as dangerous. Not to mention - Isaac is basically an impossible god-like figure who is sensitive but masculine and strong, traditionally handsome but just "alt" enough to add some mystery, a musician who ALSO has a solid career. Isaac is basically the magical impossible man. And because of this, he irritated me to no end.
2. The conclusion really, really, disappointed me. There wasn't enough of a twist or a reveal. The psychiatrist manages to abduct and transport two patients across the border and install them in an isolated house around Anchorage without anyone finding them for fourteen months? Nope. Not a thing that would ever happen. If Senna's relationship with the psychiatrist was more developed during the flashback moments, then this might have been at least a little (just a little bit) more believable. But we barely get any information about the psychiatrist that would make this reveal interesting or shocking.
Spoilers below.
My two main issues with the novel are the following:
1. Senna is often portrayed as a strong independent woman (all good). But the ultimate discovery that concludes the novel and allows her to move forward is that Isaac is her savior and soul mate and that he allowed her to open up, etc. I get that this is a "romance" novel, but isn't that a little old-fashioned? Her self-discovery and psychological recovery is dependent on a man, and her self-sufficiency is often portrayed as dangerous. Not to mention - Isaac is basically an impossible god-like figure who is sensitive but masculine and strong, traditionally handsome but just "alt" enough to add some mystery, a musician who ALSO has a solid career. Isaac is basically the magical impossible man. And because of this, he irritated me to no end.
2. The conclusion really, really, disappointed me. There wasn't enough of a twist or a reveal. The psychiatrist manages to abduct and transport two patients across the border and install them in an isolated house around Anchorage without anyone finding them for fourteen months? Nope. Not a thing that would ever happen. If Senna's relationship with the psychiatrist was more developed during the flashback moments, then this might have been at least a little (just a little bit) more believable. But we barely get any information about the psychiatrist that would make this reveal interesting or shocking.
I didn't like this at all. The beginning was fairly interesting but once she starts talking about the events of the past that are supposed to explain "the carousel horse story" it gets very drawn out and boring. After about 130 pages, I really didn't care anymore.
I don't know how to rate this book.
I can't say I hated it and I can't say I loved it, but it did have me guessing, wanting to pass the pages to finally know who was the kidnapper. I found the plot interesting, but I didn't care much about the characters.
I can't say I hated it and I can't say I loved it, but it did have me guessing, wanting to pass the pages to finally know who was the kidnapper. I found the plot interesting, but I didn't care much about the characters.
I didn't care for this as much as Marrow. I feel like some doubts I had about Marrow were reinforced though, which made me like Marrow more. I feel like MV just went over my head. I didn't GET Senna. I didn't GET Isaac.
This is a hard book to review. I have to admit it took me much longer to read this than normal. There were so many details to this story and I am not a details kind of gal. It was hard to get into it but eventually I couldn't put it down. I had to know more. This was a very thought out story. It made me feel so much. At a couple points I had tears because I felt you could really feel their emotions. This story was crazy but it's one I will never forget.
I don't have words... I liked this- but at the same time, I really didn't. It was like a train wreck I couldn't look away from, and yet I was hurtling toward the end. Hurtling toward answers that never came... I still have so many questions, and the ending was so anti-climactic? Great story but terrible reasoning. Idk. I'm still questioning how I feel about this book.
Senna lives a life of struggle and pain, and neither become easier when she's forced to live like an animal, trapped in a house and caged in by an electric fence.
Watching Senna change over the course of her time "in the zoo" is fabulous. I loved the struggles she faced, because they made her revelations and triumphs extra epic!
What I also I loved about Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher is that the story takes place over months and years, not a weekend like so many others; they don't meet on a Friday and get engaged that Sunday.
It's got a "creepy" romance to it, and while it's the strangest thing I've ever read I loved it! You'd never expect the events that take place to do so, or for the relationship to change the way it did. The strangest relationship of all is between Senna and her kidnapper, "the zookeeper".
The relationships weren't all story book, love at first sight together forever stuff. They were real relationships with real struggles. (And a few twists that no one should ever have to endure).
The ending has a twist to it that is bind blowing, and a bit heart wrenching. Totally unexpected and not your typical "happy ending".
Watching Senna change over the course of her time "in the zoo" is fabulous. I loved the struggles she faced, because they made her revelations and triumphs extra epic!
What I also I loved about Mud Vein by Tarryn Fisher is that the story takes place over months and years, not a weekend like so many others; they don't meet on a Friday and get engaged that Sunday.
It's got a "creepy" romance to it, and while it's the strangest thing I've ever read I loved it! You'd never expect the events that take place to do so, or for the relationship to change the way it did. The strangest relationship of all is between Senna and her kidnapper, "the zookeeper".
The relationships weren't all story book, love at first sight together forever stuff. They were real relationships with real struggles. (And a few twists that no one should ever have to endure).
The ending has a twist to it that is bind blowing, and a bit heart wrenching. Totally unexpected and not your typical "happy ending".