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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
This started out brilliantly - an ungendered un-raced, unnamed, young(ish) person is found sleeping in a church. (The first paragraph is especially wonderful). The pastor names them Pew for where they were found. Pew remembers very little and says even less, but this isn't Pew's story. It's the story of the insular bigoted religious community who takes them in but insists on knowing Pew's gender, race, age and name in order to consider Pew 'safe' to have around. It's creepy and unsettling, and Pew is subjected to questions and medical examinations and monologues from the people they are passed between. (Sometimes the monologues ram home the message a little too forcefully - okay Lacey, I get it.) The community is gearing up their annual festival of forgiveness, which unfortunately I felt a little let down by. The ending is very ambiguous, and I like an ambiguous ending, but this one had me scratching my head.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
john silver voice: i am no one from nowhere belonging to nothing. max nolastname voice: that is its virtue no covenants no conditions no history.
this is how hole theory can still win.
this is how hole theory can still win.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
i do really enjoy these kind of think piece books, but the last 2-3 pages were just not truly strong enough for me
Have you ever found yourself just listening to someone and they open up and tell you things that under regular circumstances, they would never say? That's basically what happens to Pew. Since Pew doesn't speak, the strangers he meets tell stories about themselves and their families that they've never told before. It's a novel that shows the side of people that they never show. The novel explores racism, gender issues, as well as labels. Seeing it through Pew's eyes is what makes this novel feel like a fable. Pew is an observer of a community. That's what pulled me in. The ending is definitely obscure which makes this a novel that either people will love or hate. Either way, readers will be thinking about Pew long after they finish reading.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed the plot but got lost in some of the descriptive writing.
Sick of this reading slump. Another disappointment.