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A review by dwango
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett
4.0
Complex, Hard to Follow, Yet Deeper than Most
I find it hard to describe my feelings on this novel. It meanders between vignettes strung together with code like texts that both illuminate and confound. Only well into this short book does a story come together, a reason for the unusual structure. Yet, I'm still not sure what it really was about, especially all the different forms of the main characters in different situations and forms (man, woman, child, parent, sibling)
Some were fleeting in my memory, but a few stuck out such as the brothers spray painting walls or the sisters guarding the flames. Enough that I can feel this will leave an impression in my mind for a while.
I find it hard to describe my feelings on this novel. It meanders between vignettes strung together with code like texts that both illuminate and confound. Only well into this short book does a story come together, a reason for the unusual structure. Yet, I'm still not sure what it really was about, especially all the different forms of the main characters in different situations and forms (man, woman, child, parent, sibling)
Some were fleeting in my memory, but a few stuck out such as the brothers spray painting walls or the sisters guarding the flames. Enough that I can feel this will leave an impression in my mind for a while.