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A review by tobeobia
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
3.5
good god. peculiar, to say the least, and yet the ending is exactly as i’d expect it to be.
i can’t say i understood this book. i didn’t have enough information and i take that as intentional on the author’s behalf. i have some ideas that aren’t fully-formed, and i think that’s exactly what she meant to give us. it feels as though we are meant to co-create the story with her based on what we have. i am not a person who enjoys doing so, so i simply accept the story as-is — it was enjoyable despite the absurdity! absurdity done well, i’d say. if only i could understand the unseeing…
i can’t say i understood this book. i didn’t have enough information and i take that as intentional on the author’s behalf. i have some ideas that aren’t fully-formed, and i think that’s exactly what she meant to give us. it feels as though we are meant to co-create the story with her based on what we have. i am not a person who enjoys doing so, so i simply accept the story as-is — it was enjoyable despite the absurdity! absurdity done well, i’d say. if only i could understand the unseeing…