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emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“You take conversation too seriously. Life isn’t just talking, you know.”
The novel “Intermezzo” deeply redefines the meaning of vulnerable narrative point of views. Appropriately titled, the work follows characters in waiting, in between chapters—of relationships, of careers, of success, of leaning into what they most need for their lives. Much like many intermezzos I’ve also played musically, there is also a pervading sense of intimate melancholy, forced isolation, whiffs of dreams. We find deep dives into emotions and deep desperation—to be loved, to feel loved, to revisit love, or to reject love with other themes or melodies we think we must embrace.
This book is so well composed, yet my feelings were vacillatingly mixed. I definitely felt biases toward and against various characters in their hypocrisies, but found the varying point of views always intriguing. At times, the vivid intimacy element is haunting, at times painfully awkward, but I appreciate the author’s efforts to construct something human in all shapes of real.
The novel “Intermezzo” deeply redefines the meaning of vulnerable narrative point of views. Appropriately titled, the work follows characters in waiting, in between chapters—of relationships, of careers, of success, of leaning into what they most need for their lives. Much like many intermezzos I’ve also played musically, there is also a pervading sense of intimate melancholy, forced isolation, whiffs of dreams. We find deep dives into emotions and deep desperation—to be loved, to feel loved, to revisit love, or to reject love with other themes or melodies we think we must embrace.
This book is so well composed, yet my feelings were vacillatingly mixed. I definitely felt biases toward and against various characters in their hypocrisies, but found the varying point of views always intriguing. At times, the vivid intimacy element is haunting, at times painfully awkward, but I appreciate the author’s efforts to construct something human in all shapes of real.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail