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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
loved this so much. I don't think it's a perfect book by any means, especially on account of the sometimes too on the nose exposition (like, pages upon pages but it's interesting so it's okay).
Loved Eli's voice in this, he's so tragic, honest, violent and sad. I really enjoyed his narration and the dialogues between him and Charlie were fantastic and so real.
Okay with that out of the way can we talk about Morris and Warm I've been dying to talk about Morris and Warm. I absolutely did NOT expect to encounter who might be one of my favourite characters towards the end of this book. The truth is, you could say Hermann Kermit Warm IS the main character, not Eli and Charlie. Or, rather, this whole story is about him. It starts and ends because of him, and everything that happens is because of stuff he's done that has led to that moment. He is so so compelling and he is Gay dude!!!!!!I am so passionate about a gay guy ostracized by society who has found his footing in some passion of his after going through some rough times AND he finds companionship in an equally unhappy-with-society character. Morris I will never forget you, you were so sweet and kind and I hope you and and Warm get to live out a happy, fulfilling life out in the wilderness with the beavers. Dude they even got buried next to each other. It's just everything about them, the moment they appear the story completely shifts and now it's this tragic story (well, even more tragic) and AHHH i loved it so much.
Gonna re-read but the whole time I will be thinking about Warm and Morris and what they might have been doing before Eli and Charlie found them MWAHHH.
Loved Eli's voice in this, he's so tragic, honest, violent and sad. I really enjoyed his narration and the dialogues between him and Charlie were fantastic and so real.
Okay with that out of the way can we talk about Morris and Warm I've been dying to talk about Morris and Warm. I absolutely did NOT expect to encounter who might be one of my favourite characters towards the end of this book. The truth is, you could say Hermann Kermit Warm IS the main character, not Eli and Charlie. Or, rather, this whole story is about him. It starts and ends because of him, and everything that happens is because of stuff he's done that has led to that moment. He is so so compelling and he is Gay dude!!!!!!
Gonna re-read but the whole time I will be thinking about Warm and Morris and what they might have been doing before Eli and Charlie found them MWAHHH.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence
Patrick deWitt's The Sisters Brothers is entirely forgettable.
The story has a clear start, finish and end, but doesn't really do much else. It has a few witty quips that make you go 'ah' and smile, but there isn't really anything that provokes thought. Themes that could be explored, I think were flirted with but deWitt doesn't go all the way.
The main character is kind of whiny. I think we're supposed to like him because we feel like he's more moral and thoughtful than Charlie. He's not really. He doesn't do anything redeemable, even in the times it seems like he is trying to, he's not really, especially with women. I found it annoying that he just gave them money and would assume that they'd like him more.
I also felt like, while the language was a lot more proper than it is nowadays, Eli Sisters thinking was much too modern.
I'd say read this book if you're into America's Gold Rush Era, or say, if you don't like to really think too much when you read. It's not a challenging book, it's slightly funny, it's slightly interesting, but not enough to be worth it for me.
The story has a clear start, finish and end, but doesn't really do much else. It has a few witty quips that make you go 'ah' and smile, but there isn't really anything that provokes thought. Themes that could be explored, I think were flirted with but deWitt doesn't go all the way.
The main character is kind of whiny. I think we're supposed to like him because we feel like he's more moral and thoughtful than Charlie. He's not really. He doesn't do anything redeemable, even in the times it seems like he is trying to, he's not really, especially with women. I found it annoying that he just gave them money and would assume that they'd like him more.
I also felt like, while the language was a lot more proper than it is nowadays, Eli Sisters thinking was much too modern.
I'd say read this book if you're into America's Gold Rush Era, or say, if you don't like to really think too much when you read. It's not a challenging book, it's slightly funny, it's slightly interesting, but not enough to be worth it for me.
I don't yet know what to make of this book just having finished it. The writing style was unusually simple and straightforward, while saying quite a lot. For example: "It occurred to me that I had crossed the threshold for a horse I did not want but Charlie had not done the same for his own flesh and blood." It seemed there was symbolism I have not yet figured out: Mattresses, doorways, women, bathtubs.
"Here is another miserable mental image I will have to catalog and make room for." Are they chasing happiness? In doing so, as it seems, they (the Sisters Brothers) gain and lose a LOT and at the end have memories, experience, fatigue, and contentment. Money comes and goes. Happiness doesn't really exist. Home, peace, light, water.
"Here is another miserable mental image I will have to catalog and make room for." Are they chasing happiness? In doing so, as it seems, they (the Sisters Brothers) gain and lose a LOT and at the end have memories, experience, fatigue, and contentment. Money comes and goes. Happiness doesn't really exist. Home, peace, light, water.
Really liked this book! It was a typical easy and small holiday book that I could read in one go, but it was a good read nonetheless. A wild west book, without too much action, about the life as two small-time bandits in the wild west era.
adventurous
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very entertaining and droll western about two brothers who are hired killers in the old West.
adventurous
dark
funny
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Superb, thoroughly enjoyed this book. It turned out differently to what I expected but a just ending. I really like the character of Eli. One of my favourites of recent times. I feel sorry for Tug, what an unlucky bugger.
I hope the film adaptation does it justice.
I hope the film adaptation does it justice.