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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
greatest book ever. every time I reread it, I see something new.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
Stunning prose, made me want to underline so many sentences - not because they were particularly majestic, but because they described in such unusual, beautiful ways small details. Could be at time flowery, but you just need to let yourself go with the flow. Speaking of - I don't know if it's reading poetry in English, my second language, but I could not understand fully everything on first read, what are metaphors, what is real. But it's ok, I just let myself float from page to page. I recommend taking it in like you would a mural, full of beauty and intricate imagery that you won't remember whole.
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
J’avais deux petites semaines de vacances en juillet et une cabane pas d’Internet qui m’attendait sur le bord du fleuve. Deux pièces, la cabane: une cuisine et une chambre. Une grande cour ensoleillée, un recoin d’ombre sur la galerie, quatre poules rousses comme voisines immédiates. J’y suis arrivée un mardi après-midi, toute seule avec mon sac à dos et mes provisions. Je traînais huit livres dans mes bagages. J’avais mis beaucoup de temps à les choisir, avant de partir: je cherchais des histoires particulières, de celles qui donnent envie de raconter les nôtres. Parce que c’était pour écrire, la cabane. La cabane, le fleuve, les poules: un moment soigneusement découpé dans l’été. Je voulais avoir les bons livres. Je voulais lire pour pouvoir mieux écrire.
Quelque part dans le lot, il y avait Autobiography of Red.
La suite sur Le fil rouge, juste ici.
Quelque part dans le lot, il y avait Autobiography of Red.
La suite sur Le fil rouge, juste ici.
If I could, I would give it four and a half stars. It definitely borders on amazing at points. A novel-in-verse that retells the myth of Hercules from the point of view of the monster Geryon, set perhaps in close-to-modern-day Australia from what I recall.
Really loved feeling like I was having small revelations constantly throughout this book. I found a lot of beauty and sadness in it, even if I didn’t always understand
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is one of the sexiest little books in the world, I wish Anne Carson would spit in my mouth before kicking me down the stairs
anne carson's writing is so beautiful, reading this felt like my heart being ripped out of my chest. makes me want to learn more about mythology surrounding geryon and herakles...