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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
This book is not for me, clearly. Without my professor helping us through the interpretations, and without all the History of Quebec classes I've had in my short existence, I dont think I would have understood as much...
A very evocative look at a time and place in history, and written with a clear love for Quebec. Another theme is a weary disillusionment with the posturing of far-left politics, with which I can certainly identify. Unfortunately, there is a lot of French dialogue that is NOT translated. I understand not wanting to clutter up the story with footnotes, but some endnotes would've been nice.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a book I could read time and time again. The way the author jumps from thought to reality so quickly is so intriguing. It already feels like the more I read it, the more I understand her mind. The twists and turns of all the thoughts we get while experiencing something/someone. Gail wrote romantic and heart wrenching poetry in the form of a novel.
Years later, and years older than Heroine, the book reads like far-left stream-of-conscious YA.
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Experimental, compelling and confounding. Queer, feminist cut-up style stoned dreams of love and power and glued back together in the obscure and radical political discord of 70s Quebec.
"The heroine keeps walking. Wondering why a woman can't get what she wants without going into business on every front. Social, political, economic, domestic. Each requiring a different way of walking, a different way of talking. She looks instinctively for her own reflection in a store window. But it's as yet too dark to see clearly."
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Coachhousebooks re-released this book last month. Originally published in 1987, It's a very interesting read! Political, feminist and queer.
We find our narrator, Heroine in Montreal in the 1980's laying in a bathtub. In a dream like sequence her memories of love and politics from the unsettling times of Montreal in the 70's float to the surface, seeing her struggle between finding love and breaking her deep ties in left wing politics, with the backdrop of volitile times in Montreal made this a tense and potent read.
Heroine is a complicated/facinating narrator, with many layers. And Scott's writting is brilliant, the way she weaves a sentance sheesh it inspired me want to write more. The structure of this novel and story itself are really well done. I found myself thinking about this book when I wasn't reading it, wanting to read it but not wanting it to end.
I loved that this is a Canadian story, showcasing a piece of turbulent history from Montreal. Knowing this made it feel all the more realistic.
This is a true Canadian and Feminist Classic!
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Thank you to the publisher for sending me this book opinions are my own.
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong
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Coachhousebooks re-released this book last month. Originally published in 1987, It's a very interesting read! Political, feminist and queer.
We find our narrator, Heroine in Montreal in the 1980's laying in a bathtub. In a dream like sequence her memories of love and politics from the unsettling times of Montreal in the 70's float to the surface, seeing her struggle between finding love and breaking her deep ties in left wing politics, with the backdrop of volitile times in Montreal made this a tense and potent read.
Heroine is a complicated/facinating narrator, with many layers. And Scott's writting is brilliant, the way she weaves a sentance sheesh it inspired me want to write more. The structure of this novel and story itself are really well done. I found myself thinking about this book when I wasn't reading it, wanting to read it but not wanting it to end.
I loved that this is a Canadian story, showcasing a piece of turbulent history from Montreal. Knowing this made it feel all the more realistic.
This is a true Canadian and Feminist Classic!
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Thank you to the publisher for sending me this book opinions are my own.
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For more of my book content check out instagram.com/bookalong