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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
This was a very difficult book to rate due to its unusual style and very disturbing material. I would not say it was an enjoyable experience but it definitely was intriguing and impactful. Her stream of consciousness writing style was confusing at times, yet held a power traditional sentences could not hold on their own. It held the power of pain and suffering not just within the words but in how it was delivered. It's definitely the strangest book I've read this year.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief
At first I wondered how I would possibly get through this book because of the writing style. Then I fell in love and couldn't put it down. It's left me feeling, as another reviewer so eloquently put it, wrecked. Absolutely and utterly moved.
I’ve made it a habit to listen to novels by Irish authors rather than read them because I love listening to the cadence of a native speaker rather than the poor facsimile in my head. I don’t believe I could have read this novel in its physical state but it was an affecting and visceral audio experience made more so by the fact that the author is narrating her own work. Very bleak consciousness to be caught in the stream of but there is a beauty and order to the chaos. 3.5
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Uffff.
Así se va mi último libro del 2023. Quizás uno de los más desafiantes que leí.
Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer es, quizás, indescriptible. La historia es una historia familiar, de amor y traumas y dolores compartidos y secretos que se enraizan como hierbas malas. Sin embargo, lo trascendental del libro, de la novela, no es su historia sino la forma de contarla: un monólogo interno sin pausa, asfixiado, entrecortado, una conversación constante con un interlocutor lejano, incapaz de escuchar, un otro que no entiende pero que lo es todo, que es el motor del discurso y el fin y el principio.
Siento que me va a llevar días terminar de procesar Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer. Siento que el poder hipnótico de su prosa mantendrá su hechizo sobre mí largo y tendido. Lo recomendaría? No lo sé. No solo por los trigger warnings (que debería tener escritos por todos lados), sino porque esa misma prosa afiebrada, caótica, interrumpida, no es de fácil digestión.
Así se va mi último libro del 2023. Quizás uno de los más desafiantes que leí.
Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer es, quizás, indescriptible. La historia es una historia familiar, de amor y traumas y dolores compartidos y secretos que se enraizan como hierbas malas. Sin embargo, lo trascendental del libro, de la novela, no es su historia sino la forma de contarla: un monólogo interno sin pausa, asfixiado, entrecortado, una conversación constante con un interlocutor lejano, incapaz de escuchar, un otro que no entiende pero que lo es todo, que es el motor del discurso y el fin y el principio.
Siento que me va a llevar días terminar de procesar Una chica es una cosa a medio hacer. Siento que el poder hipnótico de su prosa mantendrá su hechizo sobre mí largo y tendido. Lo recomendaría? No lo sé. No solo por los trigger warnings (que debería tener escritos por todos lados), sino porque esa misma prosa afiebrada, caótica, interrumpida, no es de fácil digestión.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content
3.5 stars. Objectively a beautiful book, but not totally for me. A very traumatic read, a little too much for me. The writing style was tricky for me but I think that we should think about why something that differs from the dominant makes us uncomfortable.
So hard to read as a dyslexic. It's not written in full sentences, but half thoughts.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction