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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
tense
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-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
adventurous
mysterious
tense
This book is terrifying. My skin itched everything I read about the sand. That damn sand!
The book is about a Japanese teacher who travels to the countryside for a quick getaway to indulge in his hobby: trying to discovery new species of bugs. He's soon captured by the local villagers and forced to live in one of the houses dug into the sand dunes. The only way out is via a rope ladder, which the villagers removed.
The book is about his coping, or attempting to deal with, this predicament, and his interactions with the house's owners, a recently widowed woman. After the first chapter, I felt like I was reading some version of The Stranger--only to later learn that Kobo was influenced by Camus. Yay me.
But really the book is about the sand, and its unyielding presence in every aspect of life in the dunes. Terrifying. Riveting. Freaky. Give it a read.
The book is about a Japanese teacher who travels to the countryside for a quick getaway to indulge in his hobby: trying to discovery new species of bugs. He's soon captured by the local villagers and forced to live in one of the houses dug into the sand dunes. The only way out is via a rope ladder, which the villagers removed.
The book is about his coping, or attempting to deal with, this predicament, and his interactions with the house's owners, a recently widowed woman. After the first chapter, I felt like I was reading some version of The Stranger--only to later learn that Kobo was influenced by Camus. Yay me.
But really the book is about the sand, and its unyielding presence in every aspect of life in the dunes. Terrifying. Riveting. Freaky. Give it a read.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Well, the good thing is it is dark and incredibly claustrophobic, there's this sense of helplessness permeating throughout the narratives but do I enjoy it? No. I sincerely wish the narrator would chug the potassium cyanide that he carries so badly. Bad just bad. I was bored the entire time. I was ready to drop it every single time but I'm not a quitter. (I think I should have quit)