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karenleagermain's review against another edition
4.0
Another hit for Tin House Publishing…”The Children’s Day” by Michiel Heyns is the story of two boys growing up in South Africa during the 1960’s. Heyns does a great job at writing in an adolescent voice and telling the story from the children’s perspective. It is a story of perception, bias and self discovery. It is beautiful and has a few shocking moments and good plot twists.
bibliophagic's review against another edition
Hoping I actually receive a First Reads copy this time.
Update: I won this book in the giveaway on 7-31-09 and have not received it as of 9-03. I contacted the publisher a couple of weeks ago (as recommended by GoodReads) and have not gotten a response.
I finally got this in... November?
See Jill Anderson's review, as that pretty much sums it up for me. I could not get into it.
Update: I won this book in the giveaway on 7-31-09 and have not received it as of 9-03. I contacted the publisher a couple of weeks ago (as recommended by GoodReads) and have not gotten a response.
I finally got this in... November?
See Jill Anderson's review, as that pretty much sums it up for me. I could not get into it.
snappy's review against another edition
3.0
~read for a class on gender and sexuality in literature~
This had some interesting stuff in it, but also a lot of weirdness. I was never quite sure of the author's intent regarding the more heavy and serious topics. Sometimes it seemed like it was meant to make light of the matter, but that only made me more umcomfortable. My best guess is that the humour just flew over my head
This had some interesting stuff in it, but also a lot of weirdness. I was never quite sure of the author's intent regarding the more heavy and serious topics. Sometimes it seemed like it was meant to make light of the matter, but that only made me more umcomfortable. My best guess is that the humour just flew over my head
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