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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
wow I loved reading this book..."so good" as Ocean Vuong blurbed
Feels like a wonderful book that is stripped down so bare that it’s almost just a scaffolding of concepts - not in a bad way. I liked but didn’t love. Doomsday prep fiction makes me sad.
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Quick read. They’re all overwrought and trying to hide it to some extent. Definitely not a feel good book.
I usually give a book until the first chapter before ‘dnf’ing but this wasn’t drawing me in at all and I’m not sure I’m into the writing style
I’m giving it 4 stars because I was so into this book I couldn’t stop reading. The writing style was very interesting, almost like I was in Lizzie’s brain and trying to follow her thoughts. I got lost sometimes, so there were parts that were difficult to follow. I always found my way back to understanding though. Hope to read more from the author!
I’m giving it 4 stars because I was so into this book I couldn’t stop reading. The writing style was very interesting, almost like I was in Lizzie’s brain and trying to follow her thoughts. I got lost sometimes, so there were parts that were difficult to follow. I always found my way back to understanding though. Hope to read more from the author!
“Young person worry: What if nothing I do matters?
Old person worry: What if everything I do does?”
I loved this, stream of conciseness writing about the protagonists feelings of impending doom, but somehow witty.
Old person worry: What if everything I do does?”
I loved this, stream of conciseness writing about the protagonists feelings of impending doom, but somehow witty.
Clever and contemporary, but also ultimately underwhelming. Offill's elegant prose blooms as her narratives move through suggestion and high investments in readerly acquiescence - one might say, partnership - to pull the story along, but I felt like this one is really just skimming the clouds. Or, here's a different way of saying it: Offill pulls from the manifold contemporary sources of potential trauma a useful vector to present to mainstream society troubling thoughts and anxious currents that many of us are living. But it feels belated, half-hearted - perhaps I hyped this one too much for myself. Mixed feelings.
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced