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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
Carina la premessa ma l'esecuzione è molto ???? e il finale ancor più ?????????
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Right. I think I may have a new favourite author. My first Lacey but I'm sure it won't be my last.
Lacey managed to curate a book that balanced both quiet poetry and the steady build up of dramatic, menacing tension.
I loved how the characters disclosed themselves so truly and fully to our mute protagonist. Similar to the idea of seeing Christ in the face of a homeless person on the street, what we see is so often predetermined by how we look.
There was absolutely something of the Rachel Cusk in this, but somehow more emotionally charged, less intellectually analytical.
So astute, socially, emotionally, aesthetically, dramatically. 10s all round for this one.
Lacey managed to curate a book that balanced both quiet poetry and the steady build up of dramatic, menacing tension.
I loved how the characters disclosed themselves so truly and fully to our mute protagonist. Similar to the idea of seeing Christ in the face of a homeless person on the street, what we see is so often predetermined by how we look.
There was absolutely something of the Rachel Cusk in this, but somehow more emotionally charged, less intellectually analytical.
So astute, socially, emotionally, aesthetically, dramatically. 10s all round for this one.
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
I thought I was starting a book about a community observing a newcomer and their reactions to someone they could not immediately understand. I was and I wasn’t. It’s more accurately about a newcomer observing the observations of a community.
I thought it would be a short, fairly easy -though mildly confronting- social commentary. It was and wasn’t. It was also unsettling and dark; you know what’s coming but never have any true evidence to go on. You piece it together with the hypervigilant, but often inscrutable and always passive, observations of the narrator. It leads to a horror-esque prescient fear for the reader.
What I think I realize about this book is that it seeks to explore the questions, “Who carries the pain and retribution for the sins of a community?” “What price has to be paid for belonging?” “Is true belonging possible if we are afraid to understand ourselves or another?”
“The sky is quiet. It’s never known any of us from the other.”
It’s safe to say I’m going to be thinking about this book for a long time.
I thought it would be a short, fairly easy -though mildly confronting- social commentary. It was and wasn’t. It was also unsettling and dark; you know what’s coming but never have any true evidence to go on. You piece it together with the hypervigilant, but often inscrutable and always passive, observations of the narrator. It leads to a horror-esque prescient fear for the reader.
What I think I realize about this book is that it seeks to explore the questions, “Who carries the pain and retribution for the sins of a community?” “What price has to be paid for belonging?” “Is true belonging possible if we are afraid to understand ourselves or another?”
“The sky is quiet. It’s never known any of us from the other.”
It’s safe to say I’m going to be thinking about this book for a long time.
I was entranced by this audiobook (the reader was excellent) and found the questions it raised around gender and race assumptions fascinating. Highly recommended
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I consider it a good thing when I finish a book and I’m a little confused. As in “I feel like there’s so many different takeaways.” It gets me thinking. Definitely a book I would re-read to catch things I might have missed the first go-round. Very good commentary on the need the put people in boxes and the complexities of religious faith.