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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Licht bizarre roman met een fel contrast tussen het alledaagse leven van het hoofdpersonage en de wendingen die het nadien neemt. Miranda July durft als geen ander obsessieve gedachten uitwerken met een eerlijkheid die haar het nakijken geeft.
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
funny
fast-paced
I’ve read this twice now. The first time I read it in its entirety on an airplane and felt like I was in a fever dream. The second time, recently after reading July’s ALL FOURS. I remembered finding this book mind blowing and made me think “a book can be that?!” And I wondered if my present self would feel similarly. On the second read, I didn’t like the book so much, even if I found it interesting.
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I keep reading reviews of how amazing and strange Miranda July's writing is, so I think I must have missed the big picture. Yes, the story was unique - but was it good? I can't say for sure. I want to say "No, it was OK. Definitely read it so you tell me what you think but it's not at the top of any of my lists." 2.5 stars. The exact middle of the road.
Cheryl Glickman is a mid-40s executive at a small non-profit that sells women's self defense and exercise videos. She is likable but people prefer not to be around her - she isn't allowed to be in office everyday but she is very passive aggressive. Cheryl has some serious but not debilitating mental issues. She's very attached to the spirit of a baby boy she met when she was 9 years old and is constantly looking for his essence in other babies. She doesn't even know his real name - she calls him Kulbelko Bondy but her parents are pretty sure that wasn't the kids name.
She manages invite a coworker's daughter into her home - Clee. This is where things really start to take a turn. Clee is bisexual. We get this through hints such as how she describes herself as misogynist but she likes men. Clee begins attacking Cheryl and eventually it becomes a game to simulate the videos that Cheryl's company produces. At the same time, a friend and coworker is in the midst of allow Cheryl to dictate the parameters of his relationship with a 16 year old. He's in his 60s. He sends her inappropriate text messages about the things that he and the girl are doing while waiting on Cheryl's blessing to have sex.
It's really a mess... Eventually Clee gets pregnant. She and Cheryl start dating. It doesn't work, Clee moves out, Cheryl is left with the baby (who is on and off assumes is Kubelko Bondy) and Clee goes to date someone else. When Clee and the new girlfriend break up, Cheryl wonders if they will get back together but they don't. There is a cringe-worthy section of this near-end where Cheryl is talking to Clee's mother about it and she just has no idea how much Clee's mom is enjoying her cluelessness about Clee's new life. Clee's parents also refuse to really acknowledge the baby...
In the end, Cheryl raises Jack (Clee's kid) and we're only to assume that Clee relatively distant when compared to Cheryl.
It was just too much. The entire thing was too much.
Cheryl Glickman is a mid-40s executive at a small non-profit that sells women's self defense and exercise videos. She is likable but people prefer not to be around her - she isn't allowed to be in office everyday but she is very passive aggressive. Cheryl has some serious but not debilitating mental issues. She's very attached to the spirit of a baby boy she met when she was 9 years old and is constantly looking for his essence in other babies. She doesn't even know his real name - she calls him Kulbelko Bondy but her parents are pretty sure that wasn't the kids name.
She manages invite a coworker's daughter into her home - Clee. This is where things really start to take a turn. Clee is bisexual. We get this through hints such as how she describes herself as misogynist but she likes men. Clee begins attacking Cheryl and eventually it becomes a game to simulate the videos that Cheryl's company produces. At the same time, a friend and coworker is in the midst of allow Cheryl to dictate the parameters of his relationship with a 16 year old. He's in his 60s. He sends her inappropriate text messages about the things that he and the girl are doing while waiting on Cheryl's blessing to have sex.
It's really a mess... Eventually Clee gets pregnant. She and Cheryl start dating. It doesn't work, Clee moves out, Cheryl is left with the baby (who is on and off assumes is Kubelko Bondy) and Clee goes to date someone else. When Clee and the new girlfriend break up, Cheryl wonders if they will get back together but they don't. There is a cringe-worthy section of this near-end where Cheryl is talking to Clee's mother about it and she just has no idea how much Clee's mom is enjoying her cluelessness about Clee's new life. Clee's parents also refuse to really acknowledge the baby...
In the end, Cheryl raises Jack (Clee's kid) and we're only to assume that Clee relatively distant when compared to Cheryl.
It was just too much. The entire thing was too much.