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The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is brilliant. I don't really know how else to describe it.
I have not read Caroline O'Donoghue's other books but by God will I read them now. Her writing is sharp, to the point, the type where you reread a phrase several times to focus on how perfect it is. It's witty and funny and refreshing.
The construction of the story was marvellous as well. Multi-layered but not in such a way as to make you feel stupid or indignant.
I loved the insight into the book world, what there was of it. As someone about to get an English degree, I do feel as though I've seen the Ghost Of Christmas Future career-wise but I am not going to focus on that. Or maybe it added to my enjoyment of this book. I can't really tell right now.
The book touches several complex issues with stunningly breezy ease while being multi-faceted in its exploration of them. I was blown away (that's the wind reference continued. I'm unimpressed too; it's late),
Rachel. Oh, Rachel. I love her. I think about her often. The book is written is such a way as to juxtapose the many different selves that are inside us and it absolutely makes her fascinating. I would go so far as to say that I'm obsessed. I'd like to reread this book with a highlighter. To put it under a microscope. To examine it in such depth that I never speak of it again.
The side characters. I struggle to have any favourites. They were people, they were real people and the development we see and what we learn, being filtered through Rachel -- again. I'd like to look at it so closely it falls apart.
Overall, READ IT, PLEASE.
I have not read Caroline O'Donoghue's other books but by God will I read them now. Her writing is sharp, to the point, the type where you reread a phrase several times to focus on how perfect it is. It's witty and funny and refreshing.
The construction of the story was marvellous as well. Multi-layered but not in such a way as to make you feel stupid or indignant.
I loved the insight into the book world, what there was of it. As someone about to get an English degree, I do feel as though I've seen the Ghost Of Christmas Future career-wise but I am not going to focus on that. Or maybe it added to my enjoyment of this book. I can't really tell right now.
The book touches several complex issues with stunningly breezy ease while being multi-faceted in its exploration of them. I was blown away (that's the wind reference continued. I'm unimpressed too; it's late),
Rachel. Oh, Rachel. I love her. I think about her often. The book is written is such a way as to juxtapose the many different selves that are inside us and it absolutely makes her fascinating. I would go so far as to say that I'm obsessed. I'd like to reread this book with a highlighter. To put it under a microscope. To examine it in such depth that I never speak of it again.
The side characters. I struggle to have any favourites. They were people, they were real people and the development we see and what we learn, being filtered through Rachel -- again. I'd like to look at it so closely it falls apart.
Overall, READ IT, PLEASE.