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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
"Was now the only living member of the Finger Club. His thoughts often stopped at that point"
A dark, yet kind and gentle amble through a character's life, as well as the lives of everyone in this small winter, seaside community he finds himself in.
The pacing is unlike, basically anything I have read before. The prose are poetic and so very odd. Chock full of stilted internal monologues or descriptions I can't stop thinking about. (See above for example.)
I don't think it is for everybody, but I loved it!
A dark, yet kind and gentle amble through a character's life, as well as the lives of everyone in this small winter, seaside community he finds himself in.
The pacing is unlike, basically anything I have read before. The prose are poetic and so very odd. Chock full of stilted internal monologues or descriptions I can't stop thinking about. (See above for example.)
I don't think it is for everybody, but I loved it!
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I had to settle in to E. Annie Proulx’s very stylized way of writing, but once I did, I found this to be quite an endearing story about a man’s growth, realizing his worth through community and a sense of self.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
A quiet and small book with a satisfactory ending. We deserve good things.
Quoyle's story is a coming of age story when you come of age in your mid 30's. Below average and of bad luck, Quoyle doesn't have many happy events in life. after his best friend leaves him and his cheating ex wife dies after committing some pretty horrific acts, Quoyle returns to Newfoundland to live with his aunt and start over. There, in that stark place, he finds himself, his niche.
I couldn't get into the prose style. And the level of "bad luck" or terrible life events for the main character was too much up front.
Amazing, the first work of fiction I have finished in years, it was truly beautiful.
read for a book club. i have such mixed feelings on this book. the prose and atmosphere are gorgeous and extremely distinct, and the story's heart seems to circle around and around something ephemeral and unnameable about being alive. meditations about love, death, abuse, and faint traces of magic are threaded through. the characters and setting grew on me slowly—very slowly. my godthis book was slow. reading it was a slog and a chore. something finally interesting happened at the halfway point—the main character finds a severed head in a suitcase—and then the book swiftly moves on and it's rarely brought up again. so: beautiful but often boring. i am still thinking about it though.