Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

2 reviews

cheye13's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I need to reread this. Immediately. I have no clue what this was.

Like with Gingerbread, I found myself reeling trying to follow the frame structure and construct a linear timeline, but because it's written with such whimsy and spirit, I relished the challenge. This one clips right along – while I was trying to decipher one metaphor or meaningful event, we'd popped on to the next one. I do really think there's something here – about memory, personhood, legend... something. But it slipped through my fingers on this first read.

And yet it was just so fun and frightening and funny (Otis's narration made me laugh out loud more than once) that once I finished it, I wanted to flip right back to the beginning.

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blackrabbitrun's review

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challenging slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This book feels like it's building towards something breathtaking, a spectacular conclusion to a jigsaw-puzzle plot full of hints of what's to come... and then it swerves left to a dead-end, and doesn't really resolve any of those brilliant things. I mean... it isn't bad, but the buildup is so very high to fall from.

Would not recommend to people with any tendency toward psychosis or otherwise doubting the evidence of their senses.

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