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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-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
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
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
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Weird and cringey but had a cute ending so ended on a good note :)
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-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
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book deals with difficult topics, including but not limited to child neglect, panic attacks, depression, and PTSD. Please read mindfully.
This book is so weird. It doesn’t really do the things a book is supposed to do. There isn’t really a beginning, or an end. You simply enter Enid’s life one day, then jump around through her life until you reach the author’s acknowledgements page.
And yet, I found it oddly engaging? The rambling narrative and the interspersed flashbacks slowly seemed to become more intentionally misleading, which in turn made me more curious about the story. Seemingly random thoughts or moments started to provide more insight into the story and I found it fascinating.
Enid is an unreliable narrator but she doesn’t know she’s an unreliable narrator. She thinks she’s a bad person, that she’s insane, that something is fundamentally wrong with her. She’s trying to convince the reader of her instability and insanity. But what she comes to realize is that the things she thinks make her faulty are things everyone struggles with. That there are rational explanations for seemingly irrational thoughts. While this book did very much feel like a descent into mental instability, it also showed someone starting the journey back to stability.
I always like stories that delve into the messy parts of being human. I like when mysteries are solved. I like when characters work to make themselves better.
This book should work but it does. It’s is incredibly weird, but also uniquely charming.
Barely got into the first five pages when I got too confused with how disjointed it was and hopped all over the place, in just 5 damn pages! I don't fw that type of stuff.