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jujuleigh's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
giving it a four for the ballsyness of writing something like this and making it somewhat comprehensible
oneironaut's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
she does it again, davis continues to confuse the hell out of me in ways i love. ugh her writing really just flows like a river, i read the second half of this in one evening because i had to know how all these lives would go. i think mary's last chapter was my favorite part.
cassandralovesfeta's review against another edition
2.0
Very well written but strange as all hell. I cannot recommend.
auroraboringallofus's review against another edition
5.0
I wasn't that far in when I realized I was reading one of my favorite books for the first time. This book left me dazed and tingling, wondering about my life in a completely new way. The physical world suddenly seemed laden with mystery, laughter, horror, and dream, and I couldn't shake the haze. Other stories, authors, movies, or songs suddenly seemed conventional and glibly surface. Trust the author right to the end with this one and allow yourself to enter the world she has created.
alesandra's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
carmiendo's review against another edition
4.0
does anyone remember why i decided to read this book?
anyway, it's weird and magical. it reminds me strongly of the book of the new sun without any particular reason to do so. it's not as well executed, of course. you aren't allowed to understand it and that's refreshing.
anyway, it's weird and magical. it reminds me strongly of the book of the new sun without any particular reason to do so. it's not as well executed, of course. you aren't allowed to understand it and that's refreshing.
rbreade's review against another edition
Imagine the plot of a story etched in the glass of a two-way mirror, a mirror which is then smashed and the fragments reassembled with some, though not rigorous, attention to the mirror's initial condition. Imagine a story that dips in and out of the eerily similar worlds and events occurring on either side of that mirror. Imagine a world where robots and sorcerers blend seamlessly with the quotidian such as cars and newspapers, and it's possible to get lost in the thickets of time that compose one's life.
There you go: Duplex.
There you go: Duplex.
In the brick houses the clocks kept ticking away the time, chipping off pieces of it, some big ones piling thick and heavy under the brass weights of the grandfather clock in Eddie's parents' hallway, others so small and fast even the round watchful eyes of the cat clock in Mary's parents' kitchen couldn't track their flight. The crickets were rubbing their hind legs together, unrolling that endless band of sound that when combined with the sound of the sycamore trees tossing their heads in the heat-thickened breeze could cause even a girl as unsentimental as Mary to feel like she'd just left something behind on the porch stoop she couldn't bear to live without.
gracecroberts's review against another edition
4.0
The most peculiar book I’ve ever read. This would have been delicious to read in midsummer.
mapleleaf_rag's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Continue reading it. You’ll be confused most of the time but it’s worth it.
My favorite line:
„At some point everyone who had ever known you, including much younger people, would forget you and die without ever having told people even younger than themselves about you—and then you would really be gone. Miss Vicks had had a love story, but who could remember it? It was said Miss Vicks, herself, remembered nothing. Mary hit Eddie on the head with her wand to get his attention when they were in some play together but all that happened was he got a bloody nose afterward. If you wanted to be remembered you had to become famous—that was the lesson history taught you, if you chose to pay attention to it. Even so, the person you’d been, the person who breathed and had blood circulating through every part of herself, would be gone. „
My favorite line:
„At some point everyone who had ever known you, including much younger people, would forget you and die without ever having told people even younger than themselves about you—and then you would really be gone. Miss Vicks had had a love story, but who could remember it? It was said Miss Vicks, herself, remembered nothing. Mary hit Eddie on the head with her wand to get his attention when they were in some play together but all that happened was he got a bloody nose afterward. If you wanted to be remembered you had to become famous—that was the lesson history taught you, if you chose to pay attention to it. Even so, the person you’d been, the person who breathed and had blood circulating through every part of herself, would be gone. „
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Sexual content