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A review by hayleyjames24
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
I enjoyed it, but felt like it’s a bit too long and I’m started to get a bit bored??? The font is very small on the page so it feels like it takes AGES to read a page hahah
Not as much horror as I was expecting but some gross moments.
She’s weaved SO many characters and somehow made them all connect which like big ups.
It’s a complex storyline of dates and different years and before and after the main plot points of the story so you’re introduced to a lot.
Writing style is quite lyrical and dreamy. But her descriptions of place and setting are insanely good. She’s also amazing at describing food! I felt really connected with place in this novel.
It’s an incredible debut. I didn’t overly like any of the characters which I think was a letdown for me, but I was most interested in Binh as a character, she was complex and gross and weird. But actually they were all interesting in their own way. I didn’t have to like them or even root for them to be interested and intrigued by them. They were all very complex and nuanced which was nice, no side character felt not real.
Amazing debut tbh, I just can’t fathom how she kept track of all this as she was writing, it’s an incredible complexly woven story with history and current day and all the different characters (there’s a lot of them, thankful for the key in the front of the book!) I feel came along at the right time before I got bored.
Loved learning about the culture and Vietnamese folklore and really immersing myself in a time and place so different from myself.
I feel like some of the themes and ideas might’ve went over my head in the grasping of the actual story but it was definitely enjoyable
Not as much horror as I was expecting but some gross moments.
She’s weaved SO many characters and somehow made them all connect which like big ups.
It’s a complex storyline of dates and different years and before and after the main plot points of the story so you’re introduced to a lot.
Writing style is quite lyrical and dreamy. But her descriptions of place and setting are insanely good. She’s also amazing at describing food! I felt really connected with place in this novel.
It’s an incredible debut. I didn’t overly like any of the characters which I think was a letdown for me, but I was most interested in Binh as a character, she was complex and gross and weird. But actually they were all interesting in their own way. I didn’t have to like them or even root for them to be interested and intrigued by them. They were all very complex and nuanced which was nice, no side character felt not real.
Amazing debut tbh, I just can’t fathom how she kept track of all this as she was writing, it’s an incredible complexly woven story with history and current day and all the different characters (there’s a lot of them, thankful for the key in the front of the book!) I feel came along at the right time before I got bored.
Loved learning about the culture and Vietnamese folklore and really immersing myself in a time and place so different from myself.
I feel like some of the themes and ideas might’ve went over my head in the grasping of the actual story but it was definitely enjoyable