A review by typewriterworries
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

dark reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

With this book; I think I committed my personal cardinal sin of trying to focus on more than one book at a time. I read this book while trying to read another book that's a part of a series and this book just didn't grip me the way I wanted it to. After all of the accolades I saw this book have, I guess I just expected a little more.

Anne Carson is someone who writes strikingly beautiful words and passages but this entire body of work just seemed like a little bit of a let down to me. That said, there's some quotes from this book that I think about often, but that's also what I expect from Carson. Fragments that fracture. 

I plan to pick this book up again for a re-read when I've found some time to focus on this book and only this; and I hope that my rating will change. 
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