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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
sometimes i'm like jeanette winterson what are you talking about and then she's like "he had a face that made me glad" and "there was talk of witchcraft, but what is stronger than love" and "i'm not looking for god, only for myself, and that is far more complicated" and i'm like ah. excellent
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
This was a journey that I did not want to take but am glad that I took. I got so much from this book and it was a struggle for me to get through. I wish I knew more about how to experience or analyze it. I think it would have offered me more if I understood its context in a body of work or setting or intent. Maybe that’s not the point. Beautiful though.
I am caught between The Passion and Sexing the Cherry as my favourite Winterson, but with the faint whispers of hope this contains, I think this meditation on love and time wins for me.
Set in the present and in C17th London-as well as some undefined and fairy-tale time and place - the principal cast move between times (or is it that people continue to pursue love and make the same mistakes in all times and places?) chasing impossible loves as lovers, mothers and searchers.
There is humour, violence, pathos here: the Mountainous Dog Woman’s disgust at seeing a banana; the deaths in a brothel she brings about; her love for her adopted son, all stand as highlights for me: her son Jordan’s desperate search for his love, the dancing princess Fortunata, is equally moving. The theme running through it all is an almost mystical insight about the nature of humanity and our inconsistencies around time and reality, with love (not always requited) holding our too-fragile perceptions together.
It is a daring book in terms of concept and structure but Winterson knows how to do this: the reader-author bond is never in doubt.
Set in the present and in C17th London-as well as some undefined and fairy-tale time and place - the principal cast move between times (or is it that people continue to pursue love and make the same mistakes in all times and places?) chasing impossible loves as lovers, mothers and searchers.
There is humour, violence, pathos here: the Mountainous Dog Woman’s disgust at seeing a banana; the deaths in a brothel she brings about; her love for her adopted son, all stand as highlights for me: her son Jordan’s desperate search for his love, the dancing princess Fortunata, is equally moving. The theme running through it all is an almost mystical insight about the nature of humanity and our inconsistencies around time and reality, with love (not always requited) holding our too-fragile perceptions together.
It is a daring book in terms of concept and structure but Winterson knows how to do this: the reader-author bond is never in doubt.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
"spazio vuoto e punti luce"
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced