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A review by readpersephone
The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk
3.0
2.5/5
i'm not too sure about this one. which is disappointing because i LOVED second place.
the main story follows thomas taking a year off work to be a househusband while his wife tonie comes into a full time position as a department head at a university but it's still not clear to me what point cusk was trying to make.
clearly, i'm not smart enough to fully grasp what cusk is trying to say here because this was a little too all over the place for me. the book felt like vignettes into the thoughts and lives of the bradshaws but every time i thought something interesting was brought up, the idea never developed further.
the book is written multiple in povs but that didn't work for me because this book is too short to have so much focus on the secondary characters. i had a hard time caring about and keeping up with any of the characters because none of them were developed fully. also i don't think the secondary storylines didn't add anything to the main plot.
that being said, 1) i do love rachel cusk's writing style and 2) i'd be interested in rereading this one in the future just to see if i'd changed my mind about it.
i'm not too sure about this one. which is disappointing because i LOVED second place.
the main story follows thomas taking a year off work to be a househusband while his wife tonie comes into a full time position as a department head at a university but it's still not clear to me what point cusk was trying to make.
clearly, i'm not smart enough to fully grasp what cusk is trying to say here because this was a little too all over the place for me. the book felt like vignettes into the thoughts and lives of the bradshaws but every time i thought something interesting was brought up, the idea never developed further.
the book is written multiple in povs but that didn't work for me because this book is too short to have so much focus on the secondary characters. i had a hard time caring about and keeping up with any of the characters because none of them were developed fully. also i don't think the secondary storylines didn't add anything to the main plot.
that being said, 1) i do love rachel cusk's writing style and 2) i'd be interested in rereading this one in the future just to see if i'd changed my mind about it.