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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
The rural apocalypse will not be metafictionalized
Did I get hoodwinked by Krasznahorkai again? Very likely. "The circles closes" my ass. Phenomenal prose though (impeccable, really), and quite "cinematic" too. I'm thinking back to that one fantastical scene where the intoxicated farmer continues playing the violin in a trance-like state while everyone else in the bar has gone to bed, whipping the elusive spiders into a frenzy (Here's one interpretation--maybe Krasznahorkai/Doctor is the violinist and his magnetic, rhythmic prose is the means by which he drives us spiders (the readers) into spinning out the elaborate webs of connective tissue between characters who might as well exist only as sketches in the dossiers maintained by the Doctor!) I really don't know why I thought I was promised a much more thrilling ride. I should manage my expectations better when I read more Krasznahorkai in the future.
Did I get hoodwinked by Krasznahorkai again? Very likely. "The circles closes" my ass. Phenomenal prose though (impeccable, really), and quite "cinematic" too. I'm thinking back to that one fantastical scene where the intoxicated farmer continues playing the violin in a trance-like state while everyone else in the bar has gone to bed, whipping the elusive spiders into a frenzy (Here's one interpretation--maybe Krasznahorkai/Doctor is the violinist and his magnetic, rhythmic prose is the means by which he drives us spiders (the readers) into spinning out the elaborate webs of connective tissue between characters who might as well exist only as sketches in the dossiers maintained by the Doctor!) I really don't know why I thought I was promised a much more thrilling ride. I should manage my expectations better when I read more Krasznahorkai in the future.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Found it very hard to read, too much of an effort. Gave up about twenty pages in!
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
To chapter 4, another book came in from library