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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Horrible novel. Made it to page 77. I found that the author lacked a general knowledge of utilizing proper English.
As far as overly long paragraphs go, I’m more of a fan of the way Dostoevsky does it than I am of Faulkner. You can spend a while reading a run on sentence in this book and still have no idea what the purpose is. To me, this book could have been half as long and just as effective.
That being said, the story is compelling once all the layers are peeled away, but that starts to happen in the last 1/3 of the book.
When Quentin, the main narrator, says that you cannot understand the south unless you were born there, it sort of felt like a metaphor for reading this book. It’s not bad, it also didn’t blow me away.
That being said, the story is compelling once all the layers are peeled away, but that starts to happen in the last 1/3 of the book.
When Quentin, the main narrator, says that you cannot understand the south unless you were born there, it sort of felt like a metaphor for reading this book. It’s not bad, it also didn’t blow me away.
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a no from me. To anyone who enjoyed these mammoth-sized sentences, good for you. Respectfully, I don't have time to waste on books that feel like overhearing a conversation where all the individual words make sense but are strung together to make non-sensical paragraphs.
The story is beautiful, and so is much of the writing. But it was also a slog to get through--I so want to love Faulkner, but while I respect him and his work immensely, I think I'll always be a Hemingway girl at heart.
If it wasn’t so racist, I would give this book five stars. It frustrates me! There is so much to love about this book, but the racism made it so I was very uncomfortable for most of it! I really don’t have much else to say.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's a good thing I didn't read Faulkner as a younger man. I may have tried to become a writer. Despite being both lengthy and wordy, this novel is best described as "gripping." Just when I was starting to get lulled by the cadence and phrasing there would come a great "I know he/she didn't!" moment that meant I had to read a few more pages. The depth of the language allows the story to be tragic without being sordid, unlike most more modern fiction. This novel is an absolute gem. That is, a shining example of why Faulkner belongs in the modern American pantheon of writers.