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Zorrie
by Laird Hunt
This book follows Zorrie’s whole life after her parents and aunt’s passing, growing up and finding her footing in the world.
Basically the best thing about this was that it was short. I love books about basically nothing, but this REALLY was about nothing, and the only redeeming factor was the writing (kind of). There were some really nice passages throughout, but not nearly enough to make this super enjoyable.
The thing was, there was so many randomly vague lines to just move the story forward, in the literal sense of just years passing, and no actual character progression or anything. I felt super disconnected to Zorrie and that might have come from the story being written in the third person, but I couldn’t connect at ALL. I honestly just pushed through because there are only 160 pages, and I was hoping for something (ANYTHING) to redeem the book, but I was just kind of bored.
I do think that this book has its audience though. Maybe I disliked it because I read a good book before and was still trying to ride that high, but if you like no plot stories spanning someone’s life, this could be a hit for you.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
Basically the best thing about this was that it was short. I love books about basically nothing, but this REALLY was about nothing, and the only redeeming factor was the writing (kind of). There were some really nice passages throughout, but not nearly enough to make this super enjoyable.
The thing was, there was so many randomly vague lines to just move the story forward, in the literal sense of just years passing, and no actual character progression or anything. I felt super disconnected to Zorrie and that might have come from the story being written in the third person, but I couldn’t connect at ALL. I honestly just pushed through because there are only 160 pages, and I was hoping for something (ANYTHING) to redeem the book, but I was just kind of bored.
I do think that this book has its audience though. Maybe I disliked it because I read a good book before and was still trying to ride that high, but if you like no plot stories spanning someone’s life, this could be a hit for you.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Rating: ⭐️⭐️