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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
so heartbreaking, the early chapters in this novel really helped me to articulate some of the anxieties i experience on a personal level when i look at the news and see crumbs of fascism slowly seeping into every day life. this feeling like im going crazy because everyone around me is just carrying on as normal when something extremely terrible is going on because no one wants to address it until its too late. the later half of the novel is truly grim and captures the hopelessness and the detrimental effects of being trapped in limbo.
i am trying to understand the significance of the final line because i understand the sentiment in theory (the sea is life; water = cleansing = rebirth) but it seemed to come out of nowhere for eilish who usually speaks very literally. i interpreted this as her being so bereft of emotions, with nothing left to give but still needing to convince her daughter that they must carrying on by saying something abstract but inspiring. idk i would love to hear other takes
i am trying to understand the significance of the final line because i understand the sentiment in theory (the sea is life; water = cleansing = rebirth) but it seemed to come out of nowhere for eilish who usually speaks very literally. i interpreted this as her being so bereft of emotions, with nothing left to give but still needing to convince her daughter that they must carrying on by saying something abstract but inspiring. idk i would love to hear other takes
So good, one of those books where you can understand why the character makes a certain choice but you wish they wouldn’t
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Misery upon misery, plus a jarring style. Don't know how this won the Booker
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I felt surprisingly calm reading this, considering there was a war going on his writing was lovely. I was promised and prepared for this to be an absolutely horrific and traumatic read, however I feel a little confused as though I have read a completely different book to others. I mean was that it? Is that the end?
This won a prize?
This won a prize?
DNF - I’ve tried twice to get into this book and after 1/4 of the way through I just can’t. I will try again next year.
I'm a sucker for dystopian fiction and a sucker for Booker prize winning books but this one I just couldn't get in to.
The writing felt very disjointed and maybe that was the point but it didn't work for me. I also couldn't connect with the characters and found them slightly irritating.
The writing felt very disjointed and maybe that was the point but it didn't work for me. I also couldn't connect with the characters and found them slightly irritating.