A review by percystjoan
Art & Lies by Jeanette Winterson

4.0

this was an Experience, capital E, there's no other way to describe it. i told a friend this when i was halfway through and i stand by it now that i've finished it: it feels like being told a story by someone who is incredibly smart and incredibly drunk? i did not understand it pretty much at all, but even with that i still loved it because of how absolutely amazing the writing is. the only thing that put me off was how much i fucking hated handel, like i know he's not Meant to be likeable in any way but still i could NOT stand him and had to skim through his sections to get through them - LOVED picasso and sappho's sections though, they were amazing.

so yeah, did not understand this at all, winterson is a genius, it was kind of like getting punched in the face over and over again and i loved it, dear god i need to read something with a followable plot now to give my brain a break