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A review by froggin_around_
A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
5.0
if I were to be objective, I would probably say that this book had too many complicated long sentences, that it close to no plot and it had way too many philosophical divagations. and I wouldn't be wrong.
with other books that have these features, I always say that it feels like too much effort was put in so as to sound smart and deep, while ignoring everything else. but maybe I am wrong when I say this about those books, maybe I'm just not the right reader. and I really hope that each of those books is able to offer its readers the incredibly profound experience I had with Anuk Arudpragasam's book.
I've never read a book (maybe a single poem, but not a full book) that resonated so much with me. every single word spoke to me in a way I didn't think words could. I read this book slowly, in permanent amazement, fascination, and sometimes shock when I could not distinguish my own thoughts from what I was reading, or when I found for the first time the description of a feeling that I've been feeling forever.
fun fact: on page 120 I underlined a paragraph and wrote "best part of the book". little did I know that every paragraph was going to make me want to write that.
this book is now me.
with other books that have these features, I always say that it feels like too much effort was put in so as to sound smart and deep, while ignoring everything else. but maybe I am wrong when I say this about those books, maybe I'm just not the right reader. and I really hope that each of those books is able to offer its readers the incredibly profound experience I had with Anuk Arudpragasam's book.
I've never read a book (maybe a single poem, but not a full book) that resonated so much with me. every single word spoke to me in a way I didn't think words could. I read this book slowly, in permanent amazement, fascination, and sometimes shock when I could not distinguish my own thoughts from what I was reading, or when I found for the first time the description of a feeling that I've been feeling forever.
fun fact: on page 120 I underlined a paragraph and wrote "best part of the book". little did I know that every paragraph was going to make me want to write that.
this book is now me.