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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I suspect I am not smart enough for this book, but it was a beautiful read nonetheless
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The language here is beautiful with stories that so clearly speak to our present moment; however, I had a difficult time coalescing them into a meaningful whole. This book is, in parts, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, MANIAC by Benjamin Lebatut, and (at least based on my understanding of Part II) a sort of techno dystopia out of something like a Murakami novel. Each piece on its own is meaningful and interesting, but I just couldn’t get them to come together into something that felt complete.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I kept calling this ‘The Memory of Records.’
The first book where I thought would work great as a novella. I didn’t need the stories of the 3 books. While I did wiki to see if they were real people (yes), all I wanted was the story of Lina and her father surviving “The Sea.” Her father explaining his past was so phenomenally interesting and moving. I wanted more of that.
I got this book thru NetGalley back in March, didn’t realize I had to review on there (lol) and then got from the library. It was solidly written and I would read another of Thien’s books.
‘Nearly fifty years stand between then and now, but his words approach me like a warning. The world we deserve. The world we can imagine. They are a map and caution, as I try, once more, to find the Sea.
‘The strangeness of the buildings, how they grew out of each other, must’ve been created by necessity. Windows sometimes turned out to be doors, and rooms turned out to be hallways.’
“Maybe you would write it down. Not all of it. And not now, but later on, when you’re older. When you’ve lived a long life, here or somewhere else.”
‘So many other detours had happened between youth and old age. But this is true, for everyone who arrives by chance, who grows old and countries not their own.’
“Do you think devotion is a kind of happiness?”
The first book where I thought would work great as a novella. I didn’t need the stories of the 3 books. While I did wiki to see if they were real people (yes), all I wanted was the story of Lina and her father surviving “The Sea.” Her father explaining his past was so phenomenally interesting and moving. I wanted more of that.
I got this book thru NetGalley back in March, didn’t realize I had to review on there (lol) and then got from the library. It was solidly written and I would read another of Thien’s books.
‘Nearly fifty years stand between then and now, but his words approach me like a warning. The world we deserve. The world we can imagine. They are a map and caution, as I try, once more, to find the Sea.
‘The strangeness of the buildings, how they grew out of each other, must’ve been created by necessity. Windows sometimes turned out to be doors, and rooms turned out to be hallways.’
“Maybe you would write it down. Not all of it. And not now, but later on, when you’re older. When you’ve lived a long life, here or somewhere else.”
‘So many other detours had happened between youth and old age. But this is true, for everyone who arrives by chance, who grows old and countries not their own.’
“Do you think devotion is a kind of happiness?”
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
reflective
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