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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
dark
sad
slow-paced
I so wanted to love this book.
A story of a man rescuing a dog and then the dog rescuing the man right back.
However, the story didn't go anywhere. I kept turning the pages thinking somethings going to happen and it never did until near the end.
The ending brought it all together but because I was bored with the too descriptive writing, the way the story didn't flow easily the what could have been a sad ending was lost on me. Which made me and Dexter sad.
A story of a man rescuing a dog and then the dog rescuing the man right back.
However, the story didn't go anywhere. I kept turning the pages thinking somethings going to happen and it never did until near the end.
The ending brought it all together but because I was bored with the too descriptive writing, the way the story didn't flow easily the what could have been a sad ending was lost on me. Which made me and Dexter sad.
I enjoyed the first half a great deal more than the second. Really descriptive writing style but not much of a story. The shocking bits were not at all surprising and made the narrator the offensive dangerous mentally impaired stereotype.
There is no faster way to get me to dnf a book than a character dismissing racism. And here it is: "These children never had The Famous Five because it has since transpired that Enid Blyton was ever-so-slightly racist, or so I heard on the radio. These are the sort of fair-weather strangers of whom we are thoroughly afraid, the sort who rank comradeship over compassion."
I guess Britain too was ever-so-slightly a colonial power that invaded, killed and plundered.
More about Enid Blyton and racism:
https://www.dw.com/en/enid-blyton-fans-react-to-racist-label/a-57954638
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/paper-cut/why-enid-blyton-endures-in-india/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220809-enid-blyton-the-british-author-loved-in-india
I guess Britain too was ever-so-slightly a colonial power that invaded, killed and plundered.
More about Enid Blyton and racism:
https://www.dw.com/en/enid-blyton-fans-react-to-racist-label/a-57954638
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/paper-cut/why-enid-blyton-endures-in-india/
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220809-enid-blyton-the-british-author-loved-in-india
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
This is a subtle, sucker-punch of a book. You're left breathless and in pain before you've realized what's happened. And yet you keep reading, because it's beautifully written and full of painfully gained insights. It's about an isolated, adrift man who finds his spiritual twin in an aggressive dog he calls One Eye (for obvious reasons). They become family, but this is not a feel-good story. They suffer, they run. It's achingly sad and you're pulled to an obvious conclusion that is nevertheless shocking. This is one I will carry with me for a long time to come. And I will picture One-Eye running through his woods, diving into burrows and frolicking with the birds.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
I wasn’t really feeling this, it’s well written, but I wanted something a bit more uplifting so found it a bit of a grind to get through.
dark
sad
tense
Bizarre is the best word I can think of to describe this book. It is told in second person which takes some getting used to, but I also found it successful, which is rare. It was your average contemporary fiction novel until the end where it got very morbid very fast. I'm still not sure what to think about the ending and how open-ended it was left. It seemed out of character for the narrator as well as the style of the rest of the book. I'd recommend this to someone looking to experiment with reading different writing styles.
dark
reflective
sad
slow-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