Reviews

Weather by Jenny Offill

bethyk's review against another edition

3.0

i like these kinds of books that make you feel as if you’re staring out a moving train’s window

amberrae's review against another edition

challenging fast-paced

3.5

storeytale's review against another edition

4.0

 Loved this writing style with no unnecessary words! Heavier than I expected.

sarahheidmann's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

dunder_mifflin's review against another edition

4.0

This was really good. I enjoyed the writing style, and the characters, and climate change is a real issue so I liked that focus.

aysia_dukes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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

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