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bellasgonemissing's review
3.0
i mean... i guess this book was fine. no flaws so great i really wanted to stop reading but it was so heavy-handed on the message and a central perspective i just couldn't get behind. the best part was veda's letters which really felt like they should make up the bulk of the book because she's who it was actually supposed to be about, not her whinging son. or at least i think it was, not really sure if the book knew who it was supposed to be about either. still don't really understand why so much of it was in second person either (just to be quirky perhaps?). because of that, it just didn't have a central drive that could pull it together and the drive it did have was so straight-forward i was getting bored by the last hundred pages. but overall just fine.
melsm74's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
essjay1's review
4.0
I loved the way the author has sketched out the social and physical landscape of 1960’s Melbourne in this novel. I also loved the structure which could have been as chaotic as Owen’s childhood but Preston made it work perfectly. I don’t understand why both the price and gallery for the Jackson Pollock painting was incorrect - it seems such an odd thing to get wrong. I thought it may have been intentional but if it is I don’t know what purpose that served.
swilko's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
This book spoke to my soul
literaryspeaking's review
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
tulipflowcrs's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
clemmi's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5