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sapetty20's review against another edition
5.0
This style of writing may not be for everyone, but I DEVOURED this book. Perhaps it is best to be read in one or two sittings so the flow is uninterrupted. Some of the passages are incredibly poignant with so few words. It almost reads like poetry. If Jenny Offill's other work is anything like this, I will be reading all of it in short order.
jess_mango's review against another edition
4.0
Weather by Jenny Offill is a short novel (right around 200 pages) told from the perspective of Lizzie Benson, an academic librarian who lives in the city with her husband and son. She also has a very co-dependent relationship with her addict brother. Lizzie takes up a job as a personal assistant for her former professor Sylvia. Sylvia has a podcast about the environment and gets lots of mail from both right-wingers and left-wingers.
I liked the book as it was full of lightly dark (does that even make sense??) humor and ponderings about the environment, climate change, and our impact on the world.
This book was named to the longlist for the Women's Fiction prize and we will find out this week if it will advance to the shortlist.
This book counts towards the Book Riot Read Harder 2020 Challenge Task #15: A book about climate change
I liked the book as it was full of lightly dark (does that even make sense??) humor and ponderings about the environment, climate change, and our impact on the world.
This book was named to the longlist for the Women's Fiction prize and we will find out this week if it will advance to the shortlist.
This book counts towards the Book Riot Read Harder 2020 Challenge Task #15: A book about climate change
layton93's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
fast-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
4.0
margaretpaxton's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
michalow's review against another edition
5.0
I love the way Jenny Offill builds a character and a story through thoughts and moments, interspersed with facts and jokes and questions and snippets of other types. Although this novel concerns the assorted anxieties of the protagonist and those around her, there is a lot of humor in it. It is carefully crafted and a pleasure to read.
galaxcr's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
yarn_chicken's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars for me. I mostly just found this not very engaging and kind of confusing. Maybe that was the point.
umamac's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
msilkwolfe's review against another edition
4.0
I think most people are generally fascinated by other peoples’ lives, and I think that’s what this book does so well: it’s an effortless, readable snapshot into the life of Liz, a mother and librarian. It really did feel like a small snapshot, and yet I can’t help but think of the skill it took to write a book that’s so slim, yet rich and readable. I like when writers play with form and do something new with “the novel,” and this one led me to ask questions like “what do I expect from my fiction?” Love books that make me think!