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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Full review: https://adventuresinnonsense.com/book-reviews/house-of-sand-fog/
5. Put off reading this one because I thought I wouldn't like it. I was wrong. I loved it. I do wish that the characters would have sat down and just talked it out, but that's not always real life. The shooting of the son is very much still relevant today.
This is a roller coaster book, not emotionally but in its level of success. There are moments of sheer perfection followed by moments of flatness. Overall it's good, unique plot line and interesting characters.
challenging
sad
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
This book suffers from the typical late 20th century prestige literature tropes. The first half of the book was a little bit of plot with lots of fragments trying to explain the characters but really just seemed liked filler the author had written earlier and didn't want to throw away. The last half is where it gets interesting but after building it up he makes one of the main characters do things he would most likely never do in order to get the ending he wanted.
On its surface this book has a very simple plot. Its when you open up and dig deeper into the cultural themes and conflict that the book really shines.
This book is unrated because i never finished it...too depressing :(
This book was incredible. Honestly I don’t even know where to begin. Told with incredible imagination, the way the stories of these 3 people came together seamless. Even when there was nothing “crazy” going on, it was still intense and I could not put the book down. I’m not great at giving reviews but I am so impressed!
A former colonel from Iran has to work multiple dead end jobs to keep up his family’s appearances and try to make a life for themselves in America. A former addict loses her home in a legal mix-up. These two, and the supporting characters around them, end up tangled in an increasingly ugly and desperate conflict, made worse by the fact that almost everyone in this story is deeply flawed and driven by self-centered (if not selfish) motivations.
This was ... well, it certainly wasn’t uplifting. Not a pleasant story to read, but beautifully crafted. The author succeeds brilliantly at creating a spiraling sense of escalation and inevitability.
And the moral of the story is, CHECK YOUR MAIL.
This was ... well, it certainly wasn’t uplifting. Not a pleasant story to read, but beautifully crafted. The author succeeds brilliantly at creating a spiraling sense of escalation and inevitability.
And the moral of the story is, CHECK YOUR MAIL.