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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm so on the fence with this one. I've wanted to read Faulkner for a while because I've heard so many good things. This book didn't necessarily disappoint me, but I didn't love it, either. I like the stream of consciousness style. It made the journey to bury the family matriarch that much more interesting. But there was so much going on, and the perspectives changed so abruptly that there were times I felt disoriented.
the stream at the instant of impact as dissociated from the nozzle as though it had never been there Very slippery book i think i would have grasped it faster and more solidly if i had not read it in such bursts as i had and did not let it build. Often one monologue at a time, i find it very hard to read my brain is shattered through by the road to MODERNITY maybe or i have lost something i used to have, some talent and focused ability of emotion, in both reading and writing.
Our brother Darl in a cage in Jackson where, his grimed hands lying light in the quiet interstices, looking out he foams, “to the tyranny of his own, divided glance having become literally his own voyeur the voyeur who spies on himself he ends a victim of schizophrenia” So incredible this book the threading in of the sound of the graphophone which begins then stops “beholden to no man”. But the most incredible part the beginning, the sound of the adze, i understand the way i describe things now, in writing and in my deeply private self. Horses in the dark and described in patches. Something’s different: he’s got his teeth, and Mrs Bundren.
Our brother Darl in a cage in Jackson where, his grimed hands lying light in the quiet interstices, looking out he foams, “to the tyranny of his own, divided glance having become literally his own voyeur the voyeur who spies on himself he ends a victim of schizophrenia” So incredible this book the threading in of the sound of the graphophone which begins then stops “beholden to no man”. But the most incredible part the beginning, the sound of the adze, i understand the way i describe things now, in writing and in my deeply private self. Horses in the dark and described in patches. Something’s different: he’s got his teeth, and Mrs Bundren.
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am not sure how this book became a classic, there is not much that happens other than familial issues in a hard to follow train of thought that genuinely makes no sense. I am glad to be done with it and probably will never read it again.
Faulkner is hard for me to read. I don't like repetition or for stories to be so dense. However, at the end, I realized the incredible complexity of the story. So while I will never read this piece (or most of Faulkner's other works, probably) again because I don't find the style enjoyable, I do have massive respect for the work.
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It felt like Faulkner was so focused on experimentation and style that he stumbled over the chance to tell a coherent story. What resulted was an unbearable slog with rare glimpses of clarity.
Is it artful? Sure. Is it enjoyable? No. This one is for English majors and people desperate to look smart.
Is it artful? Sure. Is it enjoyable? No. This one is for English majors and people desperate to look smart.
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes