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undermeyou's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
j0rdan0fjupit3r's review
5.0
what a perfect first page this book had. i love the author's poetic voice.
poperley's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
isabelledoyle96's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-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
4.5
Exceptional and unusual!!
africhmaurice's review
4.0
This was a sad book. In many moments beautiful, but lots of sad. Full of sad, sad characters who live in a morose kind of sub-reality without any real responsibility or maybe just a pause in life, so all they do is chew on their own neuroses and trauma and issues and pain. While much of the novel talks about distraction (and in many ways, it's a novel about distraction), there wasn't any of those real distractions that real people feel. It was about this all-consuming affair, which I guess is probably pretty accurate.
The character wasn't wholly relatable. The other wife was a figment, which made sense. David was selfish and thoughtless and cruel in the way people can be, probably especially men. I did find that part of the story very real. Though, again, also very sad.
I felt like some parts of the book were trying to be something more than they were. Trying too hard, reaching to be artsy or thoughtful or deep. But most of the book felt right. I loved the structure and themes. I did feel for the MC (lots of pity, mostly), though I don't think I ever really believed she was real.
Great book, though. Very well written. Loved the prose. Super fast read. I definitely enjoyed it.
The character wasn't wholly relatable. The other wife was a figment, which made sense. David was selfish and thoughtless and cruel in the way people can be, probably especially men. I did find that part of the story very real. Though, again, also very sad.
I felt like some parts of the book were trying to be something more than they were. Trying too hard, reaching to be artsy or thoughtful or deep. But most of the book felt right. I loved the structure and themes. I did feel for the MC (lots of pity, mostly), though I don't think I ever really believed she was real.
Great book, though. Very well written. Loved the prose. Super fast read. I definitely enjoyed it.
i_amdiane's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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? Yes
4.25
michaelkurt's review
4.0
As a big fan of “I Don’t Think of You (Until I Do)”, I was very excited to order and read the new book from Rychman. “The Ancestry of Objects” is a book that succeeds in tone. It’s rich with experimentation, which took me a minute to dive into fully but in the end drove the story to emotional catharsis, which is not always easy to pull off. This book is best read in one or two sittings.