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1.07k reviews for:
Krótka historia Stowarzyszenia Nieurodziwych Dziewuch i inne opowiadania
Helen Oyeyemi
3.76 AVERAGE
1.07k reviews for:
Krótka historia Stowarzyszenia Nieurodziwych Dziewuch i inne opowiadania
Helen Oyeyemi
3.76 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF @ pg 125
just not for me. i didn’t really get the stories that i read and couldn’t really focus.
just not for me. i didn’t really get the stories that i read and couldn’t really focus.
I kind of want to bump this up a star because I was skimming other GR reviews and the other three-star view said that maybe these "tales are better for females" (female what we'd like to know) but alas I'll stick with my original rating. Liked it, didn't love it the way I loved Boy Snow Bird. Some of these stories -- books and roses, presence, locked book, and blood -- were fabulous but others -- dornička, freddy barrandov, and drowning -- didn't really do it for me. homely wenches i actually kind of loved, but felt weirdly twee and out of place.
Took me a minute to get into it, but really intriguing with fascinating characters.
I think I like the idea of this book better than the actual book itself.
3.5 - some of these stories I was absolutely mad about, but a couple fell a bit short for me, which I suppose is par for the course for short story collections. Still a big fan of Oyeyemi's writing.
I couldn't get through this, and when I say "it's not you, it's me" I mean it with this book. The stories are lovely, really. Inexplicably hard to get through, though -- these are drenched in detail, spend a lot of time meandering, and spend a lot of time between characters/side experience. It's a combination of the length of these stories, the fact that it is a short story collection, and the fact that it builds with no real release that made this so hard to get through. I will finish it! But it's almost been a month and I need to move on.
These stories remind me of bedtime stories. They have the same winding and lightly magical qualities. Hard to follow for the distractible (so, me). I originally picked this up because Carmen Maria Machado cited Oyeyemi as an influence, but this reminds me more of Lindsey Drager's stuff (though that's still not a perfect match). Machado probably cites her for the detail. Of the ones I read, "presence" and "books and roses" were my favorites. "presence" started to go toward horror, but it felt too warm and light for that. Again, bedtime-story vibes. All perfectly lovely stories, but nothing insanely striking.
These stories remind me of bedtime stories. They have the same winding and lightly magical qualities. Hard to follow for the distractible (so, me). I originally picked this up because Carmen Maria Machado cited Oyeyemi as an influence, but this reminds me more of Lindsey Drager's stuff (though that's still not a perfect match). Machado probably cites her for the detail. Of the ones I read, "presence" and "books and roses" were my favorites. "presence" started to go toward horror, but it felt too warm and light for that. Again, bedtime-story vibes. All perfectly lovely stories, but nothing insanely striking.
Very eerie and quite fun :) I loved two thirds of the stories, the rest didn't really click with me, but I enjoyed the writing throughout. Can't wait to read more by her!