drjacvick 's review for:

The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton

3.0

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There were certain passages I really liked for the ways Catton portrayed & explored girlhood & sexuality in particular. Overall I never fully invested in any of the characters or the plot, but there were parts I enjoyed & I appreciate the nonlinear narrative, which is always a risky structure. It left me thinking about (and trying to make sense of) the themes and subtexts of vicariousness, identity, and desire in some complex ways. Its biggest strength was it's narrative form & thematic tensions, rather than plot.