A review by marjoleinvanderspoel
Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

A strange novel about grief and love and the delusions it can cause. Interesting musings on ideology, but kind of grating repetition of certain points that I don't agree with. I didn't like the constant use of god (metaphor or not) as an explanation, reason, scape goat, whatever. But I did really enjoy the spiraling and instances of near-arborescens so there's that.
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