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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
sad
medium-paced
5 stars isn't enough for Angela's Ashes - able to be both genuinely funny and moving simultaneously, McCourt infuses into this text a life of its own.
<3
<3
emotional
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Love the writing style, very visual and would explore other books by author. Plot was slow and repetitive to me.
This book was a big let down for me. I suppose it was all the hype surrounding it being made into a movie etc. Maybe it's the fact that we already know how poor some people were (& still are) in Ireland, and many other parts of the world. Maybe it's because it read like someone's journal, no insight or foreshadowing into the future, no lessons to be learned. I'm starting to become disillusioned with memoirs altogether.
A bit alienating how the narrator stays quite simple, even though he is supposedly really wellread.. he seems to hardly have any agency when it comes to his sexual awakening or even any understanding of it.
Would’ve liked more historical context.
All in all the story itself was beautiful.
Expectations were a bit too high I suppose
Would’ve liked more historical context.
All in all the story itself was beautiful.
Expectations were a bit too high I suppose
That Pulitzer Prize is totally well-earned. He totally makes you feel involved in this story and the use of present tense adds more reality and tension to it. Highly recommended!
A tragic but whimsical memoir that is at once deeply personal and sympathetic.