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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The story was ok, but I didn't like her writing style. I didn't finish the book.
3.5!
this book is hard to describe. it’s very sad and feels really dark, exploring human obsession and religion in a cult-like form. it was honestly a bit hard to understand as i was reading, but the further along you get the easier it gets. there were a lot of beautiful descriptions in this book and i loved how different stories weaved together.
the last about ten-ish pages were the saving grace for me. i loved the ending.
this book is hard to describe. it’s very sad and feels really dark, exploring human obsession and religion in a cult-like form. it was honestly a bit hard to understand as i was reading, but the further along you get the easier it gets. there were a lot of beautiful descriptions in this book and i loved how different stories weaved together.
the last about ten-ish pages were the saving grace for me. i loved the ending.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
reflective
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:
Complicated
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
I really wanted to love this book, which I picked up immediately after finishing Written on the Body. But...this book just wasn't for me. The "plot" was too meandering, the fairy tale side bars too obscure, and the ending too unsatisfying. Winterson's writing is beautiful, funny, and emotionally charged, and I suppose I would describe this as a "good" book. It felt like a book I would have read in a college class and written a paper about, but not a book I wanted to read for fun.
Weird in ways I didn’t like but not bad over all. I have come to realize that the American brand of evangelical Christianity (or Christianity in general) is just so extreme that anything else seems comical. Being told you have a demon in you is like…idk like being given a flower compared to what evangelicals are doing to their children. This mom didn’t even beat her child and call it “discipline”.
Not that I’m wishing that hell on anyone. I just thought this would be more relatable. It’s kind of cute.
Not that I’m wishing that hell on anyone. I just thought this would be more relatable. It’s kind of cute.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-paced
The voice is strong and funny, but I didn't think the ending felt like a conclusion.
i really liked this at the start and then by halfway i was bored. i didn’t like all the interludes, started just skipping them toward the end. i would read more by winterson but this one just wasn’t quite there for me.