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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
This was a quick read and finished in about 15 minutes. It's definitely unique and has a different style compare to other novels. But the story was enjoyable, I just tend to prefer more details personally.
This is 3.5-4 probably for me right now. It’s a very short, quick read that I want to come back to. Even as I was reading it I could feel why the author said she couldn’t stop returning to the woman’s diary. It really was oddly compelling.
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
So complex to rate. I hate how she came to write this book. Making money off plagermism but the content was touching and special.
Scanlon found this diary by an 86 year-old woman at an estate sale. Then she refashioned it, keeping the writer's words, but cutting and rearranging her sentences. The diarist records changes in the weather, a friend's illness, making pickles, a humdinger of a jigsaw puzzle. It is sparse and short. It seems simple. It is wise. It attests to the complex beauty that is life. It made me smile. It made me tear up. Buying a copy for my nightstand.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
beautiful little book, and sure sad. it made me want to keep a better diary.
I cannot explain to you why I love this book. I just do.
I think it's actually a 3.5, but this is one of those things where I think the reader must be in the right mood for it to work. It's basically just some excerpts of an old woman's diary over 5 years -- is it fiction? is it some woman's actual diary? is it both? -- and while there are a few strong moments (esp. the end), it never felt like more than a trifle to me.
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
2,5/5. Literacy experimentation where an author rewrite/edited pieces of an old diary she fund and turn it into fictional diary I guess... Original take but the result is a bit empty, the writing and the moment describe has a kind of melancholic beauty to them but it just isn't enough to make a good book!