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twinklybugs's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sxmanthalynn's review against another edition
The timeline skips around A LOT & I found that hard to follow
calvins_catelogue's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
smjonas77's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
4.0
lindserature's review against another edition
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
“Who knows what’s happening in someone else’s head? He cannot with any confidence say what’s happening in his own head.”
If at ~80% of your way through a novel you cannot say what it is about or who the characters are or what the actual point of it is, it might be time to give up. I definitely don’t understand what the author is trying to do with this fragmentary, disjointed, incoherent book; maybe it’s for someone who is more intelligent and innovative than I am. I just don’t get it.
I did, however, appreciate this short passage about grief:
“But soon after his mind was carried by unseen waves and he began to think of you. And it was as though the thought of you suddenly expanded to fill his entire visual field. He tried to think of your face, your voice. He couldn’t. You’d been dead three years and he had never lost anyone that close to him before. He tried to think of your face. He couldn’t. He tried to remember your voice, you his beloved friend of nearly two decades. He couldn’t. The effort to think was a black cloud sitting in his mind, taking up all the space. He called out to you with the voice of his mind and you were not there and his breathing became shallow. He could not remember you. It was as though you had never had a face at all, and tears filled his eyes.”
passportsandpaperbacks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
imjustannaok's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The shifting perspectives & lack of chronology are not for everyone. But I love this style, and it makes you work for the reward. I found myself in love with the frankness of this writing style. I felt like I was reading a journal - those thoughts in our heads that surely we would not write down in a public place. The stories of humanity are universal and unique experiences, and this book exposed a selection of these stories beautifully and painfully.
tomjohn666's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Well written and thoughtful. What I liked most is that it also has led to other works of art that deserve reading and viewing.
curlyratgirl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0