Reviews

Weather by Jenny Offill

madame_medusa's review against another edition

4.0

Perfectly portrays the anxieties about climate change, and life itself, in the most basic way possible. I mean that as a good thing. There were beautiful lines that touched a little too close to home for me, and other lines that earned a humoured snort - and some lines that did both!
I had to read this for a class and it's one of those readings that I'll be keeping on my shelf for a long time if not forever. All around a really good read!

diegobrando's review

informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

tenderedge's review

If Dorothy Parker wrote Camus’ Plague.

sleepy_reader_2023's review

I didn’t like the writing style, I felt it didn’t flow and there didn’t feel like much of a plot 

mstrypie5's review

funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The style reminded me of Lockwood's No One Is Talking About This, but the voice was less unique and less moving. 

jbogerhawkins's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

a masterpiece

leebill's review

3.0

Stream of consciousness book

treebark18's review

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

lelia_t's review

4.0

I loved this book. I first learned of Jenny Offill from an article she'd written about Mrs. Dalloway (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/a-lifetime-of-lessons-in-mrs-dalloway) so Mrs. Dalloway was very present for me as I read and I found myself delighted by the joys of reading a stream of consciousness narrative in which I know exactly what's going on because I live in this same world/time. I found the narrator funny and very relatable as she threads her way through her daily existence, shaped by her relationships (with her son, husband, dog, brother, mentor, neighbors, community and a handsome stranger) and the political climate. As a look at American life in 2016, this book was much more satisfying to me than Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver and is interestingly companioned by Bright Precious Things by Gail Caldwell (which I haven't finished reading, but so far, very good).

sophielinehan39's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

really interesting way of looking at the everyday. little vignettes which focus on our state of mind, relationships, and the affects of current affairs on the lives we lead. some parts fell flat or i didn’t get them but i really connected to this and thought it was funny and reflective.