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shelby1994 's review for:
Trespasses
by Louise Kennedy
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pairs Well With:
🍀 bad first dates that turn into lifelong friendships
🍀ill luck
🍀the All Too Well music video
"She wanted to lie on her bed and sleep, but had been unable to say no to him. It wasn't because he had been kind to her. It was because each time she saw him she was afraid it would be the last time."
The entire time reading this I couldn't stop thinking about the dinner party scene in the All Too Well music video. The feeling of youthful insecurity, the mansplaining, the hope that he'll think you're worth the hassle, they all burn through Kennedy's story of a young Catholic teacher caught up in a cross-sectarian love affair during the Troubles.
Kennedy deploys a lot of the style hallmarks of "big litfic" Irish writers. The lyrical prose, staccato sentence structure, and lack of quotation marks signal this as an #important book. There are parallels between this and Anna Burns' 'Milkman,' though I couldn't get through that and I flew through 'Tresspases.' It was raw and endearing and 10/10 I would let Kennedy break my heart again.
🍀 bad first dates that turn into lifelong friendships
🍀ill luck
🍀the All Too Well music video
"She wanted to lie on her bed and sleep, but had been unable to say no to him. It wasn't because he had been kind to her. It was because each time she saw him she was afraid it would be the last time."
The entire time reading this I couldn't stop thinking about the dinner party scene in the All Too Well music video. The feeling of youthful insecurity, the mansplaining, the hope that he'll think you're worth the hassle, they all burn through Kennedy's story of a young Catholic teacher caught up in a cross-sectarian love affair during the Troubles.
Kennedy deploys a lot of the style hallmarks of "big litfic" Irish writers. The lyrical prose, staccato sentence structure, and lack of quotation marks signal this as an #important book. There are parallels between this and Anna Burns' 'Milkman,' though I couldn't get through that and I flew through 'Tresspases.' It was raw and endearing and 10/10 I would let Kennedy break my heart again.