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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Always a 5 and a punch in the heart
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Pretentious bullshit. I was going to write a whole review, but to be honest: this book doesn’t deserve any more of my time
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
After reading Lanny, I wanted to try Grief is the thing with feathers.
I really love the writing style of the author, and even though some parts were kind of mysterious for me - and also I have never lost anyone that i really loved - Ive not been the best public for this book. But It still got me good, ended up crying my eyes out.
I think Max Porter is slowly becoming my favourite author.
I really love the writing style of the author, and even though some parts were kind of mysterious for me - and also I have never lost anyone that i really loved - Ive not been the best public for this book. But It still got me good, ended up crying my eyes out.
I think Max Porter is slowly becoming my favourite author.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Ok that was awful. I have never counted down the pages for such a short book.
This is pure gibberish and uncomfortably male.
Unfortunately, I think the essence of the story (i.e. the "potential") is there. Porter's narrative storytelling is OK so I believe if this was a short story/novella without the (barely) 'poetic' form then this might have been better.
The stringing words and onomatopoeia is really overdone and ends up losing the audience quickly. It felt more like rubbish than anything literary.
The quote below is this book's only saving grace as it did remind me of my own traumas and the shock associated with that:
“Where are the fire engines? Where is the
noise and clamour of an event like this?
Where are the strangers going out of their
way to help, screaming, flinging bits of
emergency glow-in-the-dark equipment
at us to try and settle us and save us?"
This is pure gibberish and uncomfortably male.
Unfortunately, I think the essence of the story (i.e. the "potential") is there. Porter's narrative storytelling is OK so I believe if this was a short story/novella without the (barely) 'poetic' form then this might have been better.
The stringing words and onomatopoeia is really overdone and ends up losing the audience quickly. It felt more like rubbish than anything literary.
The quote below is this book's only saving grace as it did remind me of my own traumas and the shock associated with that:
“Where are the fire engines? Where is the
noise and clamour of an event like this?
Where are the strangers going out of their
way to help, screaming, flinging bits of
emergency glow-in-the-dark equipment
at us to try and settle us and save us?"