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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
Dit boek heeft ADHD.
Dit is een boek op testorteron. Ironisch dat het de amerikaanse vrouwenliteratuurprijs gewonnen heeft.
Je zou kunnen zeggen dat het gaat over wat je een goed mens maakt. Mij is het te sentimenteel. Kinderen die de wijsheid in pacht hebben en zo.
Het is domweg te onwaarschijnlijk wat er allemaal gebeurt. De adrealine van het boek maakt wel dat je je niet verveelt tijdens het lezen.
Dit is een boek op testorteron. Ironisch dat het de amerikaanse vrouwenliteratuurprijs gewonnen heeft.
Je zou kunnen zeggen dat het gaat over wat je een goed mens maakt. Mij is het te sentimenteel. Kinderen die de wijsheid in pacht hebben en zo.
Het is domweg te onwaarschijnlijk wat er allemaal gebeurt. De adrealine van het boek maakt wel dat je je niet verveelt tijdens het lezen.
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
*SPOILERS*
*SORRY IF YOU READ THIS REVIEW AND THINK "THIS SUCKS" BUT I AM IN A NET CAFE WAITING FOR A UNI SIGN-ON AND THEN I HAVE TO GO TO A DINNER SO, YEAH, I HAVE THINGS TO DO AND THIS IS RUSHED*
I am being generous with the star rating because this book isn't very good, I think, in it's job as a book. The rating comes from the fact that near the end you like all the characters, from the children that say cute things, to the elderly couple that say cute things. You giggle and "awww, cute", but that's the extent of it. Leaving the book liking the characters makes me feel better about how shit the book is in general.
There is no resolution. Random shit upon random shit just keeps happening. Female-on-female child abuse, Israeli arms dealers, strokes, sex "addiction" (psssht), almost South African Robbery. These ridiculous, preposterous events keep on happening but there is no resolution. Maybe that's the point; that in the span of a year you can make your life better but there is really no clear-cut resolution. However, that makes it pretty shit as a book. Especially since the most interesting and less bullshit aspect of it, the relationship between Harry and George, is only scraped at. I would have liked to see more reflection on their relationship as children. Though maybe this is because I found similarities between Harry and George and their mother with my family situation growing up.
There's also this scene where they go to a swinger's party which kind of infuriates me. Harry goes with Cheryl, and notices that the swingers are much less attractive then he was expecting. Then he suddenly realises he has more respect for the "professionals" (porno actors) than the "amateurs". Let's break that down: He has more respect for people who look *attractive* for having sex, then people who don't. Gee, thanks. I suppose I should not have sex if I am not ridiculously tan with fake breasts. Or at least, not group sex. And that I should have more respect for people who look like porno actors. Thanks Har. (Besides, male porn stars are just not attractive, so I can't help but think this is a derogatory statement towards women on behalf of Harry).
In sum, I just don't find this book all that important as a book. It didn't change the way I felt about anything. It didn't challenge me. It didn't really make me feel anything other than superficial. But I suppose the superficial shit made me feel good so whevs.
*SORRY IF YOU READ THIS REVIEW AND THINK "THIS SUCKS" BUT I AM IN A NET CAFE WAITING FOR A UNI SIGN-ON AND THEN I HAVE TO GO TO A DINNER SO, YEAH, I HAVE THINGS TO DO AND THIS IS RUSHED*
I am being generous with the star rating because this book isn't very good, I think, in it's job as a book. The rating comes from the fact that near the end you like all the characters, from the children that say cute things, to the elderly couple that say cute things. You giggle and "awww, cute", but that's the extent of it. Leaving the book liking the characters makes me feel better about how shit the book is in general.
There is no resolution. Random shit upon random shit just keeps happening. Female-on-female child abuse, Israeli arms dealers, strokes, sex "addiction" (psssht), almost South African Robbery. These ridiculous, preposterous events keep on happening but there is no resolution. Maybe that's the point; that in the span of a year you can make your life better but there is really no clear-cut resolution. However, that makes it pretty shit as a book. Especially since the most interesting and less bullshit aspect of it, the relationship between Harry and George, is only scraped at. I would have liked to see more reflection on their relationship as children. Though maybe this is because I found similarities between Harry and George and their mother with my family situation growing up.
There's also this scene where they go to a swinger's party which kind of infuriates me. Harry goes with Cheryl, and notices that the swingers are much less attractive then he was expecting. Then he suddenly realises he has more respect for the "professionals" (porno actors) than the "amateurs". Let's break that down: He has more respect for people who look *attractive* for having sex, then people who don't. Gee, thanks. I suppose I should not have sex if I am not ridiculously tan with fake breasts. Or at least, not group sex. And that I should have more respect for people who look like porno actors. Thanks Har. (Besides, male porn stars are just not attractive, so I can't help but think this is a derogatory statement towards women on behalf of Harry).
In sum, I just don't find this book all that important as a book. It didn't change the way I felt about anything. It didn't challenge me. It didn't really make me feel anything other than superficial. But I suppose the superficial shit made me feel good so whevs.
dark
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
It just a ridiculous series of events and also at the same time it feels like nothing is happening? I don’t it’s just weird and I’m not feeling it
Such a strange book. No one talks like they would in real life. Interesting, but weird.
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
my first exposure to this author's work and I really enjoyed it. In some ways it reminded me of Mark Haddon's family dramas, but way more extreme, although Homes' skill is as we pass seamlessly from each major event to the next, that it is highly credible and the awfulness of the event isn't overpowering, but seems utterly logical. It has a wide cast of characters who are each beautifully drawn, other than the narrator himself who remains a bit under-exposed, except for his intriguing obsession with Nixon and some unlikely sex magnet attributes in this middle-aged Mr average, which I spose spoke more of the desperation of the women who threw themselves at him.
I would definitely read her other books.
I would definitely read her other books.