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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Proulx captured big people in small towns perfectly. Big feelings in few words. As a newspaper journalist, Quoyle is not the stereotype of anything. Born with a large jaw and large feelings he grows into himself in New Foundland- a big change from the rush of New York and the disasters he left behind. The writing was powerful and intense, while remaining condensed. In a way it was much like reading big moments expressed as headlines for a newspaper- appropriate considering Quoyle's profession. The book so perfectly encapsulated human moments that there were long times when I would stop at the end of a paragraph and just savor a twist of phrase.
Beautiful prose just didn’t really like the story
adventurous
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
I re-read this book this year and I still love it. I had forgotten Annie Proulx's style with the incomplete, staccato sentences. The flow of the dialogue keeps it in the background, which makes it lovely and sparse instead of pretentious. I love the characters of Quoyle and Wavey and the Aunt, and the fickle and cold environment of Newfoundland and the ocean. It's especially nice to read during a Texas summer when it's hard to imagine that cold exists anywhere.
I couldn't wait to finish this and send it back to the op shop. It was terrible! I hated the writing style. I don't think there was a complete sentence in the whole book.
Terrible book. I can't believe it won a Pulitzer prize.
One star for some beautiful similes.
Terrible book. I can't believe it won a Pulitzer prize.
One star for some beautiful similes.
There was not enough of anything for my liking. The prose was good and the characters fine, but this book felt too much like too many others, just with a particular brand of Canadian paint on top. Not a bad read, but not something I will remember.