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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
I don’t think the characters or the story did the writing justice.
I loved Love and Virtue by Diana Clarke but this felt like a completely different author. No subtlety, no interesting characters. There were glimpses of how brilliant of a writer she is but it was just lost amongst this copy cat Sally Rooney esque style.
I loved Love and Virtue by Diana Clarke but this felt like a completely different author. No subtlety, no interesting characters. There were glimpses of how brilliant of a writer she is but it was just lost amongst this copy cat Sally Rooney esque style.
I love Diana Reid. A young, fresh Australian author carving her own style of storytelling. Reid creates flawed characters, painfully difficult to stomach at times, experiencing none other than the human condition, but, aren’t we all? There are complexities and grievances, questions of morality and ethics, and and overarching sense of anthropological curiosity at the heart of it all.
Seeing other people, though, is about sisters. Blood ties. Family. Relationships. Friendship.
A solid 3.5 rounded up to 4. I’ll read anything Reid writes, though Love & Virtue I loved a little bit more than this one.
Seeing other people, though, is about sisters. Blood ties. Family. Relationships. Friendship.
A solid 3.5 rounded up to 4. I’ll read anything Reid writes, though Love & Virtue I loved a little bit more than this one.
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Very well written, interesting storyline, though having sisters myself I found the relationship twists a tiny bit mortifying. Otherwise the story kept me intrigued and I enjoyed the easy read.
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
really didn't do it for me as much as love and virtue! diana reid's prose is very readable and engaging, but this book didn't feel like it had much to say. still, nice to read a queer contemporary novel set in sydney.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So bored throughout the first half, nearly gave up but remembered I liked Love and Virtue so I pushed through. It gets marginally better in the second half but not by much. Some nice one-liners about relationships, and I liked the theatre elements and the story was interesting enough, but it just didn’t slap. The writing was a bit tedious (the aura of Rooney’s presence without the self-awareness) and needed some silliness to balance the d r a m a. More Kevin pls. Didn’t love it in third person either. Who am I to judge that massive structural decision!!?!? Sozzle, I just think the sentiments made could have been done with more of a punch from the perspective/s of the three gals.
REVIEW FOR FUTURE ME WHEN I FORGET THAT I EVEN READ THIS BOOK:
You did not like this. It was a disastrous choice for an already annoying week. It was like watching a season of Dated & Related. Eleanor should never have stopped therapy and Charlie needed to go like yesterday. Zara McDonald has led you astray once again.
The quote: “At dinner afterwards, he couldn’t stop smiling, and kept repeating his favourite bits, even doing some of the voices. Their mother laughed at all of his jokes behind her hand, like she was trying to hide it. When he went up to the counter to pay… their mother stared at her crumpled paper napkin and looked like she was about to cry…
‘I thought, sometimes’—her mother wiped in one rough stroke, pulling her skin to reveal the red and fleshy underside of her eye—‘I thought maybe I’d imagined that man.’”
You did not like this. It was a disastrous choice for an already annoying week. It was like watching a season of Dated & Related. Eleanor should never have stopped therapy and Charlie needed to go like yesterday. Zara McDonald has led you astray once again.
The quote: “At dinner afterwards, he couldn’t stop smiling, and kept repeating his favourite bits, even doing some of the voices. Their mother laughed at all of his jokes behind her hand, like she was trying to hide it. When he went up to the counter to pay… their mother stared at her crumpled paper napkin and looked like she was about to cry…
‘I thought, sometimes’—her mother wiped in one rough stroke, pulling her skin to reveal the red and fleshy underside of her eye—‘I thought maybe I’d imagined that man.’”
I mean… nothing happened?
I love Reid’s writing, but I just didn’t quite get this one
I love Reid’s writing, but I just didn’t quite get this one