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A review by leia_lynn
The Animals by Christian Kiefer
This was an interesting book. It makes you think about the complexities of human life.
I had two main issues with the book. It wanted to be gritty and realistic while at the same time employing a lot of dreamy, lyrical writing, and the author didn’t quite manage to make those two things jive, in my opinion. The other weird thing was the overuse of oddly specific phrases, such as describing a character’s skeleton trying to slide out of his skin or milky eyes. It was as though the author did not trust the reader to remember what had already been said, and so just repeated itself over and over.
I had two main issues with the book. It wanted to be gritty and realistic while at the same time employing a lot of dreamy, lyrical writing, and the author didn’t quite manage to make those two things jive, in my opinion. The other weird thing was the overuse of oddly specific phrases, such as describing a character’s skeleton trying to slide out of his skin or milky eyes. It was as though the author did not trust the reader to remember what had already been said, and so just repeated itself over and over.