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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
I think I could read this book over and over again and find something new every time.
The prose in this book is gorgeous. It is almost like the author spent hours contemplating each adjective, each comma, each piece of dialogue. It is also rather fragmented, with pieces of fairy tales in between, which allows you to look at the characters and the plot in a completely different way. Although I must say the majority of the bible references went completely over my head.
Overall, the book was very character-driven, which is something I love. It reads almost like a memoir, and it reminded me of Angela's Ashes a lot. (If you like that book you will love this too.)
The prose in this book is gorgeous. It is almost like the author spent hours contemplating each adjective, each comma, each piece of dialogue. It is also rather fragmented, with pieces of fairy tales in between, which allows you to look at the characters and the plot in a completely different way. Although I must say the majority of the bible references went completely over my head.
Overall, the book was very character-driven, which is something I love. It reads almost like a memoir, and it reminded me of Angela's Ashes a lot. (If you like that book you will love this too.)
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
"‘The Lord forgives and forgets,’ the pastor told me.
Perhaps the Lord does, but my mother didn’t"
no cause why the main character is so relatable???
can't lie i ADMIRE the writer's style of the novel. it was such a pleasurable experience to read it.
"The dead don’t shout. There is a certain seductiveness about what is dead. It will retain all those admirable qualities of life with none of that tiresome messiness associated with live things. Crap and complaints and the need for affection. You can auction it, museum it, collect it.
It’s much safer to be a collector of curios, because if you are curious, you have to sit and sit and see what happens. You have to wait on the beach until it gets cold, and you have to invest in a glass-bottomed boat, which is more expensive than a fishing rod, and puts you in the path of the elements. The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home, like all the men who now live with mermaids at the bottom of the sea"
&
"I thought about the dog and was suddenly very sad; sad for her death, for my death, for all the inevitable dying that comes with change. There’s no choice that doesn’t mean a loss"
there were a lot of thoughts coming back to the death and i also somehow liked it.
"Romantic love has been diluted into paperback form and has sold thousands and millions of copies. Somewhere it is still in the original, written on tablets of stone. I would cross seas and suffer sunstroke and give away all I have, but not for a man, because they want to be the destroyer and never be destroyed. That is why they are unfit for romantic love"
that did awoke something within me. however i would have loved if the author went more into the depth of intimacy of connections between the main character & her lovers when they were happening because it felt superficial. felt like the background evethough these relationships made a big influence on the main characters' development and reflection in the future.
old lesbian rage. what could've been better?)
and last of my favourite quotes:
"People do go back, but they don’t survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time.
Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between the two realities. There is much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. The cake goes mouldy and they choke on what’s left. Going back after a long time will make you mad, because the people you left behind do not like to think of you changed, will treat you as they always did, accuse you of being indifferent, when you are only different"
couldn't give this book less than 5 stars. because i just loved it.
Perhaps the Lord does, but my mother didn’t"
no cause why the main character is so relatable???
can't lie i ADMIRE the writer's style of the novel. it was such a pleasurable experience to read it.
"The dead don’t shout. There is a certain seductiveness about what is dead. It will retain all those admirable qualities of life with none of that tiresome messiness associated with live things. Crap and complaints and the need for affection. You can auction it, museum it, collect it.
It’s much safer to be a collector of curios, because if you are curious, you have to sit and sit and see what happens. You have to wait on the beach until it gets cold, and you have to invest in a glass-bottomed boat, which is more expensive than a fishing rod, and puts you in the path of the elements. The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious you might never come home, like all the men who now live with mermaids at the bottom of the sea"
&
"I thought about the dog and was suddenly very sad; sad for her death, for my death, for all the inevitable dying that comes with change. There’s no choice that doesn’t mean a loss"
there were a lot of thoughts coming back to the death and i also somehow liked it.
"Romantic love has been diluted into paperback form and has sold thousands and millions of copies. Somewhere it is still in the original, written on tablets of stone. I would cross seas and suffer sunstroke and give away all I have, but not for a man, because they want to be the destroyer and never be destroyed. That is why they are unfit for romantic love"
that did awoke something within me. however i would have loved if the author went more into the depth of intimacy of connections between the main character & her lovers when they were happening because it felt superficial. felt like the background evethough these relationships made a big influence on the main characters' development and reflection in the future.
old lesbian rage. what could've been better?)
and last of my favourite quotes:
"People do go back, but they don’t survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time.
Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between the two realities. There is much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. The cake goes mouldy and they choke on what’s left. Going back after a long time will make you mad, because the people you left behind do not like to think of you changed, will treat you as they always did, accuse you of being indifferent, when you are only different"
couldn't give this book less than 5 stars. because i just loved it.
An interesting account of the collision between sexuality and religion. I wish the reader was given more of an opportunity to connect to Jeanette through more detailed descriptions of things she was thinking/feeling in this time of her life. Lots of the writing felt sort of disconnected, just a simple retelling of the events when I'd have preferred more emotion.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced