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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
I don’t really understand what was happening but I enjoyed it 3.5 stars which for me means ‘good.’
I’m 99% sure Lana Del Rey wrote ‘ride’ based on this book. “I’m tired of feeling like I’m fucking crazy- I’m tired of driving until I see stars in my eyes- all I’ve got to keep myself sane, baby ”
Were bz and Helene in some weird sex group. Despite being gay he slept with women? Maria remembered seeing bz with a belt and Helene laughing? They somehow got her somewhere without her knowing?
I’m 99% sure Lana Del Rey wrote ‘ride’ based on this book. “I’m tired of feeling like I’m fucking crazy- I’m tired of driving until I see stars in my eyes- all I’ve got to keep myself sane, baby ”
Were bz and Helene in some weird sex group. Despite being gay he slept with women? Maria remembered seeing bz with a belt and Helene laughing? They somehow got her somewhere without her knowing?
Bleak, perplexing, and hazy prose. The style of this novel was very disorienting and vague, but I think the implications of her depression are best told this way, like her time blindness, impulsiveness, and social disconnection. It leaves room for interpretation, even though I was a fiend for more context for nearly half the book. D:
To understand the plot and characters better, I was reading chapter analysis's whenever I got confused. I don’t really feel as though it was a depressing read, it was more raw and heavy, but also a quick read and poignant. 4 stars!
To understand the plot and characters better, I was reading chapter analysis's whenever I got confused. I don’t really feel as though it was a depressing read, it was more raw and heavy, but also a quick read and poignant. 4 stars!
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i literally cannot tell you what happens in this book but whatever it was i liked it
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A book with a feverish pace and a structure as scattered and bewildering as the narration. Desolate, debauched, and near hopeless, a book in which nothing is truly important, and the most important thing of all is nothing.
Superb, gut-wrenching, sad, oh so sad! This book is about mental illness, fame (or lack of), notoriety... in better words, it was a quiet entrance to the darkest parts of human misery. I always meant to find out about Didion and I'm so glad I did. She writes so magnificently with zero tolerance for false realities. Straightforward, gripping, beautiful prose.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Maybe Didion is just Plath for your twenties, with that same glamorous malaise— trading luscious, branching fig trees for driving too fast down desert freeways.