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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book had so much potential but fell short. I spent the first couple of chapters just confused on what was happening and who was who.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
idk why I’m on such a re-reading kick rn. this novel is so ambitious in its scope and the world it creates. on second read, I couldn’t entirely be carried by the mystique and tension the way I was the first time around but I truly have so much admiration for the sheer amount of creativity and originality here. a deeply effective and well-told story.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
Really disappointing book about a parasite.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Incredible use of a subtle horror and dread, of confusion, disparate perspectives and unreliable narrators.
The world that Émile and Simone are in is so gorgeously crafted, down to the Quebecois linguistic roots in this post apocalypse horror world. Ennes presents the world as one thing, viewed through the eyes of the Institute, as mostly predictable, dissectable, interchangeable. But outside of the overbearing lens of an insidiously invasive brain worm, in the extremely personal stories of the dispossessed, the marginalized, are raw and human emotions and experiences that do not fit neatly into the narrative.
It reads so well also as a metaphor for gender and body dysmorphia, of the conflicting maelstrom of emotions that comes when personal truth faces the harsh practicalities of a hegemonic culture.
The themes!! Ahhhh this is how you do themes! And the book is so gripping.
I'm not sure how I feel about the last few chapters leading up to the ending. On one hand, it feels a bit gratuitous and unnecessary. On the other hand, I wouldn't have enjoyed an ending that was just running away from society into the snow (à la Her).
The world that Émile and Simone are in is so gorgeously crafted, down to the Quebecois linguistic roots in this post apocalypse horror world. Ennes presents the world as one thing, viewed through the eyes of the Institute, as mostly predictable, dissectable, interchangeable. But outside of the overbearing lens of an insidiously invasive brain worm, in the extremely personal stories of the dispossessed, the marginalized, are raw and human emotions and experiences that do not fit neatly into the narrative.
It reads so well also as a metaphor for gender and body dysmorphia, of the conflicting maelstrom of emotions that comes when personal truth faces the harsh practicalities of a hegemonic culture.
The themes!! Ahhhh this is how you do themes! And the book is so gripping.
I'm not sure how I feel about the last few chapters leading up to the ending. On one hand, it feels a bit gratuitous and unnecessary. On the other hand, I wouldn't have enjoyed an ending that was just running away from society into the snow (à la Her).