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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-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
2.5⭐️ This work was a feat in its own right but honestly, at what cost!? I absolutely loved the prologue introducing how the story fragments inspired the text. Then everything from there was simply weird!! It didn’t feel poetic, but garbled and jarring. Sexual abuse of a child at the start, a teenager following that, and really it was so unnecessary and bizarre. Based on the ratings I must be the only one who feels this way but I loved what inspired the reworked story and I really liked the ending but I hated everything in between and was glad the simplicity of the writing made it easy to breeze through quickly (though the structure made up for that beautiful feeling of imminent reprieve/liberation). After looking forward to reading this for so long, I’m only glad to put it behind me.
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
geryon <3
challenging
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i feel like anne carson just put me in a jar and shook me violently
“…it was one of those moments that is the opposite of blindness. The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.”
“Reality is a sound, you have to tune in to it not just keep yelling.”
“Reality is a sound, you have to tune in to it not just keep yelling.”
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
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:
Yes
This is a challenging text, but so worth it! Amazing language. Interesting use of myth and contemporary setting. This is like reading V. Woolf or G. Stein, so buckle up!
challenging
reflective